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Safeguard articles tagged "ios-security" — guides, analysis, and best practices for software supply chain and application security.

17 articles

Open Source Security

CocoaPods Trunk Server Remote Code Execution (CVE-2024-38...

CVE-2024-38366 exposed a critical remote code execution flaw in the CocoaPods trunk server, threatening the iOS dependency supply chain for years undetected.

Jul 27, 20267 min read
Open Source Security

CocoaPods Trunk Server Email Verification Bypass Enabling...

CVE-2024-38367 let attackers bypass email verification on the CocoaPods trunk server to take over pod owner accounts, threatening the iOS supply chain. Here's the impact and fix.

Jul 27, 20268 min read
Open Source Security

CocoaPods Orphaned Pod Takeover Vulnerability (CVE-2024-3...

CVE-2024-38368 let attackers claim orphaned CocoaPods and push malicious code into any iOS or macOS app still depending on them. Here is what to check.

Jul 26, 20268 min read
Open Source Security

CocoaPods trunk supply chain vulnerability report

Three CocoaPods trunk server flaws sat unpatched for a decade, exposing 1,866 orphaned pods to takeover. Here's what happened and how to defend your dependencies.

Jul 14, 20267 min read
Open Source Security

Swift Package Manager vulnerability trends

Typosquats, thin CVE coverage, and an executable manifest format: inside the Swift Package Manager vulnerability trends security teams can't ignore.

Jul 14, 20267 min read
Open Source Security

Malicious iOS SDKs and CocoaPods report

CocoaPods trunk server CVEs and the SourMint SDK scandal reveal how malicious iOS SDKs and pods slip past App Review for years.

Jul 14, 20267 min read
AppSec

Mobile Security Testing: OWASP MAS in Practice

OWASP MAS turns mobile app security from ad-hoc pentests into a program: what the eight MASVS control groups cover, how MASTG test cases work, and how to fit it all into CI.

Jul 10, 20266 min read
Application Security

Unsafe Deserialization in Swift: NSCoding, Codable, and Safer Patterns

Two 2019 iOS zero-click bugs, CVE-2019-8646 and CVE-2019-8647, both traced back to NSKeyedUnarchiver — a reminder that Swift's Objective-C legacy still hides deserialization risk.

Jul 8, 20265 min read
Security Guides

Swift and iOS Security Best Practices: Storage, Transport, and the Dependency Supply Chain

iOS gives you a hardware-backed Keychain, Data Protection, and App Transport Security. Most iOS app breaches come from switching those defaults off — and from unaudited SwiftPM dependencies.

Jul 3, 20266 min read
Open Source Security

How Snyk resolves CocoaPods and Swift Package Manager dep...

How Snyk parses Podfile.lock for CocoaPods and invokes the Swift toolchain to resolve Swift Package Manager dependencies when scanning iOS codebases.

Jun 7, 20267 min read
Application Security

iOS application security best practices

Concrete iOS app security controls—Keychain data protection, ATS, dependency vetting, and privacy manifests—grounded in real CVEs like CocoaPods 2024 and BLASTPASS.

Apr 29, 20267 min read
Security

Android Application Security Solutions That Reduce Real Risk

Android application security solutions span secure storage, network hardening, code protection, and dependency scanning. Here is what each layer covers and how iOS compares.

Apr 16, 20266 min read

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