vulnerability-scanning
Safeguard articles tagged "vulnerability-scanning" — guides, analysis, and best practices for software supply chain and application security.
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How Snyk Container scans distroless and minimal (Wolfi-st...
Distroless and Wolfi-style images strip out package managers, breaking traditional scanners. Here's how Snyk Container identifies vulnerable packages anyway.
How Snyk's Docker Desktop Extension scans images before t...
How Snyk's Docker Desktop extension scans local images for CVEs before push, what it can and can't detect, and where it fits with CI and registry scanning.
How Snyk Container parses apk, deb, and rpm package datab...
How Snyk Container reads apk, dpkg, and rpm databases inside image layers to detect OS package vulnerabilities without ever running the container.
Anthropic Claude Mythos Releases Tomorrow: Capabilities, Benchmarks, and What Security Teams Must Do Now
Anthropic's Claude Mythos model goes public on June 10, 2026 — a frontier AI that scored 97.6% on the Math Olympiad, completed expert-level hacking tasks at 73% success, and found 271 vulnerabilities in Firefox 150. Here is everything security teams need to know before it lands, and how Safeguard already supports Mythos zero-day discovery natively.
Vulnerability Scanning: A Quick Reference
A fast reference for what a vuln scan actually checks, the different scan types, and how often each should run — for engineers who need the answer, not the textbook.
How Snyk's GitHub Actions integration scans pull requests...
A mechanical breakdown of how Snyk's GitHub Actions integration scans pull requests: triggers, SARIF uploads, severity thresholds, and what the checks can't see.
Best Container Scanning Tools in 2026: An Honest Buyer's Guide
An honest guide to the best container scanning tools in 2026 — from open-source scanners like Trivy and Grype to cloud-context platforms like Wiz and Aqua — with clear guidance on which fits your CI/CD pipeline, registry, and runtime.
What is DAST? Dynamic Application Security Testing explained
DAST tests running applications like an attacker would. Learn how it works, how it differs from SAST, and where it falls short.
Why Transitive Dependencies Are the Blind Spot in Most Vu...
Most vulnerability scans stop at direct dependencies, missing the 70-80% of your codebase that arrives transitively — where Log4Shell and other major CVEs actually hid.
Vulnerability scanning tools and techniques compared
A verifiable comparison of Safeguard and JFrog Xray on scan coverage, data sourcing, reachability analysis, and CI/CD integration for vulnerability scanning.
Why Ephemeral Infrastructure Makes Traditional Vulnerabil...
Containers now live for minutes, not months. Here's why periodic vulnerability scanning can't see ephemeral infrastructure — and what actually closes the gap.
Top container security tools to evaluate
Comparing Safeguard and Mend.io on the dimensions that actually matter for container security: scanning engine transparency, air-gapped support, registry coverage, and product origin.
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