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

24 articles

Open Source

react-native-app-auth: Secure OAuth and OpenID Connect for React Native

react-native-app-auth bridges the native AppAuth SDKs so your React Native app gets PKCE and RFC 8252 flows for free. Here is how to wire it up safely, including Azure AD.

May 2, 20265 min read
Supply Chain Attacks

Chrome Extension Cyberhaven Supply Chain Attack 2024

A technical retrospective on the 2024 Cyberhaven Chrome extension compromise: the phishing chain, the malicious OAuth flow, the exfiltration payload, and what actually changes browser-extension supply chain defense.

Mar 30, 20268 min read
AI Security

Securing MCP Servers: A Practical Checklist

MCP servers are runtime dependencies your agent trusts implicitly. Here is a concrete checklist for auth, tool pinning, sandboxing, and monitoring before you ship one.

Mar 22, 20266 min read
AI Security

MCP Server Authorization Patterns in 2026

The Model Context Protocol shifted agent integration from custom glue to a standard surface. Authorization patterns that work, and the ones that keep biting teams.

Mar 19, 20266 min read
AI Security

MCP Authentication Patterns for Enterprise

Enterprise MCP deployments need more than a static API key. The protocol is evolving toward OAuth 2.1 and dynamic client registration, and understanding which pattern fits which workload decides whether your rollout survives the first audit.

Mar 8, 20267 min read
Application Security

OAuth vs API Keys

OAuth and API keys aren't interchangeable: one is a static, long-lived credential, the other a scoped, expiring token. Here's how to choose, backed by real breaches.

Mar 8, 20267 min read
Concepts

What Is OAuth

OAuth lets one app access your data in another without ever seeing your password. Learn how delegated access works, what tokens and scopes do, and why it matters.

Mar 7, 20266 min read
Incident Analysis

Microsoft Midnight Blizzard Source Code Theft 2024

Midnight Blizzard moved from email exfiltration to Microsoft source code repositories. The pivot from stolen OAuth tokens to code access is the supply chain lesson.

Feb 25, 20268 min read
Incident Analysis

Heroku OAuth Token Leak Postmortem and Lessons

A retrospective on the Heroku OAuth token incident, what the public timeline revealed about supply chain trust assumptions, and the durable lessons for platform teams.

Feb 18, 20265 min read
Application Security

OAuth Token Security Throughout the Lifecycle

OAuth tokens grant access to APIs, services, and user data. Their security across creation, storage, use, and revocation determines your application risk posture.

Feb 7, 20264 min read
Incident Response

GitHub OAuth Token Theft: The Heroku and Travis CI Breach

Attackers stole OAuth tokens from Heroku and Travis CI to access private GitHub repositories across dozens of organizations, including npm itself. The full scope of the breach took weeks to unravel.

Jan 8, 20265 min read
Incident Response

Heroku and GitHub OAuth Token Theft: The Early Warning Signs

Stolen OAuth tokens from Heroku's integration with GitHub gave attackers access to private repositories across dozens of organizations. The breach revealed systemic weaknesses in third-party OAuth integrations.

Jan 6, 20265 min read

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