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Application Security

Designing Secure Fastify Plugin Boundaries

Fastify's encapsulation model isolates plugin state by default — but one `fastify-plugin` wrapper or a stray `skip-override` symbol can silently punch a hole through every boundary you had.

Jul 8, 20267 min read
Vulnerability Management

Exploitability vs. breakability: a practical rubric for vulnerability triage

CVSS says a flaw could be bad. CISA's KEV catalog, now past 1,300 entries, says one actually was exploited. Most teams still triage as if the two are the same.

Jul 8, 20267 min read
Best Practices

Ethical hacking techniques, mapped to a responsible disclosure workflow

Recon, enumeration, exploitation, and privilege escalation aren't just attacker steps — Log4Shell's 15-day gap between private report and public exploit shows why each maps to a disclosure decision.

Jul 8, 20266 min read
Open Source Security

Shipping a Dual ESM/CJS npm Package Without Creating a Supply-Chain Hazard

Node's own docs call it a 'dual package hazard' — the same module loaded twice via require() and import can produce two objects that fail instanceof against each other.

Jul 8, 20267 min read
DevSecOps

Protect the Environment: How Env-Var Leakage Happens in CI/CD

One tampered Bash script exposed roughly 23,000 Codecov customers' credentials for two months. Environment-variable leakage is a recurring CI/CD failure mode, not a one-off.

Jul 8, 20266 min read
Best Practices

The four pillars every enterprise security program needs

Identity, patching, segmentation, and logging aren't a checklist — they're the four controls that determine whether a breach stays contained or becomes Log4Shell.

Jul 8, 20266 min read
Supply Chain Security

Enriching SBOMs with Vulnerability and License Metadata

A base SBOM only lists what's in your build — OSV.dev, EPSS, and OpenSSF Scorecard turn that inventory into a prioritized risk decision.

Jul 8, 20267 min read
DevSecOps

A reference architecture for SAST, SCA, and DAST gates that don't block developers

Log4Shell sat exploitable for 8 days before public disclosure in December 2021 — the canonical case for why security gates belong in CI, not just at release.

Jul 8, 20267 min read
Compliance & Frameworks

DORA compliance for application risk management

DORA became fully applicable on 17 January 2025 with no grace period, and its ICT risk-management articles map almost line-for-line onto standard AppSec practice.

Jul 8, 20266 min read

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