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What Is Malware? Types and How It Spreads
Malware is any software built to do harm, from stealing data to locking up your files. Here's a beginner-friendly tour of the main types and how it gets in.
Jul 2, 20266 min read
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What Is the BSD License? 2-Clause vs 3-Clause Explained
The BSD licenses are a family of short, permissive licenses. This guide explains the 2-clause and 3-clause variants, what each permits, and what they mean for compliance.
Jul 2, 20266 min read
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What Is the GPL License? Copyleft Explained
The GNU General Public License is the best-known copyleft license. This guide explains what it permits, its source-disclosure obligations, GPLv2 vs GPLv3, and what it means for your project.
Jul 2, 20267 min read
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What Is VEX (Vulnerability Exploitability eXchange)?
VEX is a machine-readable advisory that states whether a product is actually affected by a known vulnerability. Here's how its status values work and why it cuts SBOM-driven false positives.
Jul 2, 20266 min read
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What Is Software Composition Analysis (SCA)?
Software Composition Analysis (SCA) identifies the open source and third-party components in your code, then flags their known vulnerabilities and license risks. Here's how SCA works and what separates modern tools from legacy scanners.
Jul 1, 20266 min read
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Attack Surface Reduction: A Practical Guide
Attack surface reduction is the discipline of removing every input, interface, and privilege an attacker could reach that your system does not actually need. Here's how to inventory, shrink, and keep it small.
Jul 1, 20267 min read
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Cybersecurity Basics for Developers
You do not need to become a security specialist to write secure code, but a working grasp of a few core ideas prevents most common mistakes. Here are the fundamentals every developer should carry into daily work.
Jul 1, 20266 min read
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Introduction to Software Supply Chain Security
Modern software is assembled from far more code than any one team writes. Software supply chain security protects every dependency, build tool, and pipeline that goes into the finished product. Here is the foundational picture.
Jul 1, 20266 min read
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SBOM vs SCA: What's the Difference?
An SBOM is a list of what's in your software. SCA is the practice of analyzing that list for risk. One is an artifact; the other is an activity.
Jul 1, 20266 min read
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