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Rust Security Explained
Rust kills most memory-safety bugs, but crates.io supply chain attacks and CVE-2024-24576 prove "written in Rust" isn't a security guarantee.
Feb 22, 20266 min read
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C/C++ Security Explained
C/C++ still cause ~70% of critical CVEs. From Heartbleed to the xz backdoor, here's why memory bugs persist and how to find exploitable ones fast.
Feb 22, 20268 min read
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Splunk Supply Chain Detection Content Pack
A practical look at building a Splunk content pack for software supply chain threats, with SPL searches for CI/CD anomalies, package registry abuse, and build provenance violations.
Feb 20, 20267 min read
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Buy, Build, or Hybrid: Supply Chain Security in 2026
The build-it-yourself era of supply chain security is ending. The full-stack vendor era has not arrived. The right architecture in 2026 is hybrid — and the decisions are different than they look.
Feb 19, 20268 min read
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NIST NVD Slowdown: What the Vulnerability Enrichment Backlog Means for Security Teams
NIST's National Vulnerability Database nearly stopped enriching CVEs in early 2024, creating a growing backlog that left security teams without the severity scores and metadata they depend on.
Feb 18, 20266 min read
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KubeCon NA 2025: Supply Chain Security Themes
KubeCon + CloudNativeCon NA 2025 put supply chain security at the center of the cloud-native conversation. Here is what mattered for platform teams.
Feb 16, 20268 min read
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Lazarus Group Software Supply Chain Campaigns
A field analyst's look at how North Korea's Lazarus Group has turned software supply chains into a strategic weapon, from 3CX to npm.
Feb 15, 20266 min read
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The End of CVSS-Only Prioritization
A single static severity score cannot tell you which vulnerability to fix first. Modern prioritization is a function of reachability, exploitability, and business context — and CVSS is only one input.
Feb 12, 20268 min read
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How to set up a bastion host for secure SSH access
A step-by-step guide to set up bastion host SSH access on AWS, with ProxyJump configs, security group rules, and a verification checklist for hardened jump box access.
Feb 12, 20267 min read
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