# @anik on Instagram

- **Type:** Video
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DZNsupqOZ_r
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/66472666-anik-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/postThumbnails/e3672ffddb.jpg
- **Posted:** 2026-06-05T18:21:55.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Anik Singal (@anik) — https://gondola.cc/anik

## Caption

Perplexity just made the most important free release of the year.

Hackers have been hiding malicious code inside free software packages that developers download millions of times daily. 

Most security scanners can't catch them — because to check if a package is dangerous, the scanner has to run it first.

That's like checking if a bottle is poisoned by drinking from it.

Perplexity's new tool is called Bumblebee. It reads the label instead of drinking from the bottle — scanning your files without ever executing the code inside.

It covers installed packages, browser extensions, code editor plugins, and AI agent settings. Three scan modes: quick check, project check, or full deep scan.

Open source. Free forever. Apache license.

Setup takes under a minute:

Go to github.com/perplexityai/bumblebee → copy the install command → paste into terminal → run.

Then one command scans your entire machine.

If you use any AI coding tool, run this today. Then run it every week.

Share this with every developer you know.

Save this so you have the link when you need it.

#CyberSecurity #anik #Perplexity #DeveloperTools #OpenSource

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## Tags

cybersecurity, developertools, anik, opensource, perplexity

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