Security
In-depth guides and analysis on security from the Safeguard engineering team.
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Phishing Tools: How Attackers Operate and How to Defend
A defender's overview of phishing tools — the kit categories attackers use, the techniques that make modern campaigns effective, and the controls that actually blunt them.
Basic Hacking Skills for Aspiring Security Engineers
The basic hacking skills that underpin ethical security work — networking, Linux, scripting, and web fundamentals — and how to build them legally and safely.
Snyk Broker: How the On-Premise Connector Secures Access
Snyk Broker is the proxy that lets a SaaS scanner reach your on-prem Git without opening inbound ports. Here is how it works and what to lock down.
What Is Application Security Monitoring and How Do You Do It Well?
Application security monitoring is the continuous observation of an application's behavior to detect attacks, abuse, and security failures as they happen. Here is what to monitor and how to make signals actionable.
What STATUS_STACK_BUFFER_OVERRUN (0xC0000409) Really Means
The misleadingly named STATUS_STACK_BUFFER_OVERRUN rarely means an active attack — it means a program chose to kill itself the instant it stopped trusting its own memory.
Semgrep Pricing Explained: Free, Team, and Enterprise Tiers
Semgrep pricing is built around a free tier, a per-contributor Team plan, and custom Enterprise quotes. Here is how the tiers break down and what to watch for.
What Is the Bootstrap Latest Version, and Is It Secure?
The Bootstrap latest version is 5.3.8, and knowing your version is a security decision: older Bootstrap releases carry known XSS bugs and rely on end-of-life jQuery.
Snyk Stock: Is Snyk Publicly Traded?
Snyk stock is not available on any public exchange because Snyk is a private company with no ticker symbol. Here is what that means for investors and buyers.
Repo Security: How to Secure Your Git Repositories End to End
Repo security covers access, secrets, branch protection, dependencies, and CI/CD. Here is a practical checklist to lock down your Git repositories against the ways they actually get compromised.
What Is Exploit-DB? Using the Exploit Database for Defense
Exploit-DB is a public archive of exploits and proof-of-concept code maintained by OffSec. Defenders can use it to understand exposure and prioritize patching.
Security Headers: A Practical Hardening Guide
Which HTTP security headers actually matter, what each one defends against, and copy-ready configuration to harden a site without breaking it.
Web API Security: A Practical Guide to Protecting Your APIs
Web API security is about controlling who can call your endpoints, what they can do, and what data they can reach. Here are the risks that matter and the defenses that work.
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