Composer/PHP Supply Chain Threats: 2025 Report
A senior engineer's 2025 report on Composer and Packagist supply chain threats: namespace abuse, abandoned maintainers, plugin hooks, and the attacks that actually landed on PHP shops.
Deep dives, practical guides, and incident analyses from engineers who build Safeguard. No fluff, no vendor FUD — just what you need to ship secure software.
A senior engineer's 2025 report on Composer and Packagist supply chain threats: namespace abuse, abandoned maintainers, plugin hooks, and the attacks that actually landed on PHP shops.
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