[StepSecurity] Apply security best practices (#4539)

Signed-off-by: StepSecurity Bot <bot@stepsecurity.io>

.pre-commit-config.yaml

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+repos:
+- repo: https://github.com/gitleaks/gitleaks
+  rev: v8.16.3
+  hooks:
+  - id: gitleaks
+- repo: https://github.com/pocc/pre-commit-hooks
+  rev: v1.3.5
+  hooks:
+  - id: cpplint
+- repo: https://github.com/pre-commit/pre-commit-hooks
+  rev: v4.4.0
+  hooks:
+  - id: end-of-file-fixer
+  - id: trailing-whitespace
+- repo: https://github.com/pylint-dev/pylint
+  rev: v2.17.2
+  hooks:
+  - id: pylint