supply-chain-security
Safeguard articles tagged "supply-chain-security" — guides, analysis, and best practices for software supply chain and application security.
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ReDoS: Regular Expression Denial of Service Attacks
ReDoS took down Cloudflare's global network for 27 minutes in 2019 and Stack Overflow in 2016. Here's how one bad regex causes an outage, and how to catch it first.
Best dependency update automation tools
A practical buyer's guide to dependency update automation tools -- what to evaluate, and how Dependabot, Renovate, Snyk, Socket, and others really compare.
Best software supply chain attack simulation and red team...
A practical, no-hype comparison of supply chain attack simulation tools for red teams -- what to evaluate, six real vendors reviewed, and where Safeguard fits in.
PHP Git server compromise incident (2021)
In 2021, attackers pushed a hidden RCE backdoor into PHP's own source repo under forged maintainer names — a supply chain near-miss worth revisiting.
Colors.js and Faker.js maintainer sabotage incident
In January 2022, colors.js and faker.js maintainer Marak Squires sabotaged his own packages, breaking thousands of builds—no compromise required.
Best DevSecOps platforms for shift-left security
A fair, no-hype comparison of DevSecOps platforms — GitLab, GitHub, Snyk, Wiz, JFrog, and Checkmarx — plus what to evaluate for real shift-left security.
Gold Open Source: A Free Directory for the Whole Supply Chain — Now in Your Browser
Gold Open Source is Safeguard's free, no-login directory of security-verified open-source software. It now covers AI models, MCP servers, agent skills, chip manufacturers, and the full MITRE ATT&CK framework — and ships as a Chrome extension.
Choosing a secure Node.js Docker base image
A stock node:18 image ships at roughly 940MB with 100-200 tracked CVEs; distroless variants land 80% smaller with 0-2. Here's the real tradeoff.
Security considerations for authenticating CLI tools through corporate proxies
Two 2026 curl CVEs show proxy credentials leaking across redirects and reused connections — plus why .npmrc still stores proxy passwords in plaintext.
Contributing to open source securely: a guide for new maintainers and PR authors
It took roughly two years of trusted commits before the xz-utils backdoor shipped. Here's how new contributors avoid becoming the next weak link.
The Four Most Common Docker Image Vulnerabilities (And How to Fix Them)
Sysdig found 76% of containers still run as root — one of four Docker image flaws that turn a routine build into a host compromise.
Securing a Dockerized Rails Local Dev Environment
A misplaced master.key or a permissive COPY . . can bake Rails credentials into an image layer forever — here's how to Dockerize Rails dev safely.
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