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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Best software provenance verification tools
A practical, no-fluff comparison of software provenance verification tools — Sigstore, in-toto, GitHub Attestations, JFrog, Chainguard, and Kosli — plus what to evaluate before you buy.
LLM Denial of Service Attack Techniques
LLM denial of service attacks exploit sponge prompts, unbounded generation, and denial-of-wallet loops to cripple AI systems without a single exploit.
Laravel security vulnerability trends
A data-driven look at recurring Laravel vulnerability patterns — debug-mode RCE, APP_KEY leaks, and Composer supply chain risk — and how to defend against them.
Best policy-as-code enforcement tools
A practical buyer's guide to policy as code tools -- OPA, Kyverno, Sentinel, Checkov, InSpec, and Styra -- with honest strengths, limits, and evaluation criteria.
Cargo crate vulnerability trends report
RustSec advisories rose 38% year-over-year as crates.io passed 195,000 packages. A breakdown of where Cargo's supply-chain risk is concentrated in 2026.
Best Kubernetes admission control tools
A practical comparison of Kubernetes admission control tools — OPA/Gatekeeper, Kyverno, Kubewarden, Styra, jsPolicy, and Polaris — with real strengths, limits, and evaluation criteria.
Malicious Rust crates found on crates.io
Malicious crates keep surfacing on crates.io, from the rustdecimal typosquat to build-script payload attacks. Here's how the pattern works and how to defend against it.
RustSec advisory database trend report
RustSec crossed 200 advisories by July 2026, revealing a shift from memory bugs to malicious typosquats, unsound "safe" APIs, and abandoned crates.
Typosquatting on crates.io report
Safeguard's research team scanned all of crates.io and flagged 312 likely typosquat candidates — here's what the data shows and how Rust teams should respond.
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.
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.
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.