Security
In-depth guides and analysis on security from the Safeguard engineering team.
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Hacking for Dummies: A Plain-English Guide to How Attacks Work
A beginner-friendly, defensive introduction to hacking: what the word means, how attackers actually break in, and how to start thinking like a defender.
Source Code Auditing: How to Find Bugs Before Attackers Do
Source code auditing is the systematic review of code for security flaws. Here is how to run one, where automation fits, and what humans still do better.
Code Quality Analysis and Security: Why Clean Code Is Safer Code
Code quality analysis and security testing overlap more than teams realize. Here is how measuring quality catches whole classes of vulnerabilities early.
XXE Fix in Java: How to Harden Every XML Parser
The XXE fix in Java is the same idea across every parser — turn off DOCTYPE and external entities before you feed it untrusted XML. Here are the exact settings for each JDK XML API.
JavaScript SHA256: How to Hash Correctly and Securely
How to compute SHA256 in JavaScript with the Web Crypto API, plus what SHA256 is safe for, what it is not, and the mistakes that turn hashing into a vulnerability.
Snyk CTF: What Fetch the Flag Is and How to Prepare
The Snyk CTF, branded Fetch the Flag, is a free annual capture-the-flag competition. Here is what the challenges look like and how to get ready for one.
CVSS v4: What Changed and Why It Matters
CVSS v4 reworks how vulnerability severity is scored, dropping the confusing Scope metric and adding finer-grained inputs. Here is what actually changed from v3.1.
How to Check a Website for Vulnerabilities: A Practical Guide
A hands-on walkthrough of how to check a website for vulnerabilities, from passive header checks to authenticated dynamic scanning, and how to read the results.
How to Set Up a Secure Source Code Repository
What makes a source code repository secure, from access control and secret scanning to branch protection and dependency review, with practical defaults.
What Does CWE Stand For? Common Weakness Enumeration Explained
CWE stands for Common Weakness Enumeration, a community catalog of software and hardware weakness types. Here is what it is and how it differs from CVE.
Public Cloud Security: A Practical Guide to Protecting Workloads
Public cloud security is a shared responsibility, and most breaches trace back to the customer's half of that split rather than a failure by the cloud provider.
CVE Vulnerability Database: How the CVE and NVD System Actually Works
What the CVE vulnerability database is, how MITRE and the NVD divide the work, what a CVE record contains, and how to use it without drowning in noise.
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