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Open Source Security

The Economics of Publishing Fake Packages at Scale

Publishing a malicious package costs an attacker almost nothing while payouts run into the millions. Here's the cost-benefit math behind fake packages — and how to break it.

May 29, 20266 min read
Open Source Security

How Package Takeover via Maintainer Account Compromise Ac...

Attackers don't hack npm's servers — they phish or socially engineer maintainers. Here's how account takeover turns trusted packages into malware.

May 29, 20267 min read
Open Source Security

npm's shift from implicit to explicit trust: what changed...

npm quietly rebuilt its trust model in 2025 after the chalk/debug hijack and the Shai-Hulud worm. Here's what changed, why JFrog's curation model isn't enough, and how Safeguard closes the gap.

May 29, 20267 min read
Open Source Security

Supply Chain Worming: Self-Propagating Malicious Packages...

How the Shai-Hulud npm worm self-propagated across 500+ packages in 48 hours by stealing tokens and republishing itself — and how to stop the next one.

May 28, 20267 min read
Open Source Security

Reconstructing a Real-World Dependency Confusion Incident...

A step-by-step reconstruction of a real dependency confusion attack, from malicious package upload to remediation, and how to defend your pipeline.

May 28, 20267 min read
Open Source Security

Rust Memory Safety: A CVE Trend Analysis

Analysis of CVE data across Rust crates and std releases, measuring how memory safety affects vulnerability shape, density, and unsafe-block concentration.

May 28, 20265 min read
Open Source Security

10 npm security best practices

Real npm supply-chain incidents from event-stream to the 2025 chalk/debug hack, and 10 concrete practices to stop install-time attacks, typosquatting, and token theft.

May 28, 20267 min read
Open Source Security

Slopsquatting in the AI Era: Registering Packages AI Mode...

AI coding assistants hallucinate package names at rates as high as 19.7% — and attackers are registering those exact names. Here's how slopsquatting works and how to stop it.

May 28, 20267 min read
Open Source Security

Best Software Composition Analysis tools/services ranked ...

We compare Safeguard and Mend.io on verifiable SCA dimensions — company history, Renovate, SBOM depth, and build provenance — for buyers evaluating tools in 2026.

May 27, 20268 min read
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