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Safeguard articles tagged "concepts" — guides, analysis, and best practices for software supply chain and application security.
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Concepts
What Is Malware? Types and How It Spreads
Malware is any software built to do harm, from stealing data to locking up your files. Here's a beginner-friendly tour of the main types and how it gets in.
Jul 2, 20266 min read
Concepts
What Is a CVE? Understanding Vulnerability IDs
A CVE is a unique public ID given to a specific known security weakness, so everyone can talk about the same flaw without confusion. Here's how the system works.
Jul 1, 20266 min read
Concepts
What Is a Vulnerability? A Plain-English Guide
A vulnerability is a weakness in software that an attacker can misuse to do something they shouldn't. Here's what that means, why it matters, and how teams find and fix them.
Jul 1, 20267 min read