Software Supply Chain Security
In-depth guides and analysis on software supply chain security from the Safeguard engineering team.
178 articles
Two Billion Installs in an Afternoon: The keyv and cacheable npm Worm
On 4 August 2026, one compromised GitHub account seeded a self-propagating npm worm across 444 package names. The packages were caching utilities nobody thinks about — which is why it worked.
How to conduct a software supply chain risk assessment fo...
A step-by-step guide for insurance carriers to assess software supply chain risk in vendor portfolios, from SBOM collection to continuous monitoring.
Software supply chain security for connected and autonomo...
Modern cars run 100M+ lines of code across 150 ECUs from untracked suppliers. Here's why connected vehicle software supply chain security now demands real SBOMs, not compliance checkboxes.
Nobody Is Exploiting Your Dependencies. They Are Logging Into Them.
keyv, Mastra, Nx, AsyncAPI, jscrambler. Five of 2026's largest supply chain incidents, and not one involved a software vulnerability. The exploited weakness every time was a maintainer account.
Securing avionics software supply chains under DO-178C
DO-178C verifies that avionics code behaves correctly — but says almost nothing about where its components came from. Here's the supply chain gap and how to close it.
Counterfeit and untrusted component risk in defense softw...
Counterfeit component risk defense software teams face across hardware and code, from gray-market parts to unverified builds, and how illumination catches it.
Software supply chain security for telecom network infras...
Why telecom network software supply chain security demands continuous SBOMs and vendor risk oversight — from 5G base stations to core networks — and how carriers are closing the gap.
5G network function virtualization (NFV) and Open RAN sof...
5G networks now run on open-source-heavy virtualized and Open RAN software stacks. Here's where the real supply chain risk hides, and how to manage it.
Software supply chain security for e-commerce platforms
Real breaches show how plugins, vendor scripts, and headless stacks put online stores at risk — and how to detect supply chain attacks before customers do.
Securing the retail point-of-sale (POS) software supply c...
BlackPOS hit 40M Target cards in 2013. See how retail POS software supply chain security stops firmware tampering, malware, and vendor risk today.
Third-party risk management for retail supply chain and l...
A practical, step-by-step framework for assessing and monitoring retail logistics software vendor risk, from SaaS onboarding to inventory system offboarding.
Software supply chain security for critical energy infras...
From Ukraine's 2015 blackout to Volt Typhoon's grid intrusions, attackers exploit trusted vendor software. Here's what utilities need to know about supply chain risk.
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