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What is an SPDXRef identifier and what makes one valid?
An SPDXID is a unique in-document label that starts with SPDXRef- followed by letters, numbers, dots or hyphens. Learn the rules and common mistakes.
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What does OWASP A05:2025 Injection cover, and what is in it?
OWASP A05:2025 Injection maps to 37 CWEs, including cross-site scripting and SQL injection. What is in it, why XSS dominates counts, and what to do.
Oct 19, 20264 min read
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What does network-activated mean for plugin risk on WordPress Multisite?
A network-activated plugin runs on every site in a Multisite network, so one vulnerable plugin affects all of them. How to inventory and review them.
Oct 19, 20264 min read
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What does mean time to detect hide about what you never detected?
Detection time only counts what was found. Learn how survivorship bias skews it, and how to add measures of what slips past your monitoring entirely.
Oct 19, 20263 min read
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What does a Manual default mean for automated remediation?
A Manual default means automation proposes nothing on its own until a person changes a setting. Here is what that protects and how to move off it safely.
Oct 19, 20264 min read
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What does legal need to know about a vulnerability? A fact sheet template
A fact sheet engineers can fill in so legal gets dated facts about a vulnerability: what is affected, who is exposed, and what is confirmed or unknown.
Oct 19, 20264 min read
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What does iOS App Attest prove to your API?
App Attest lets your server check a request came from a genuine copy of your iOS app. Here is the flow, what it proves, and what it does not.
Oct 19, 20264 min read
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What does id-token: write do in GitHub Actions?
The id-token: write permission lets a job request an OIDC token. It grants no write access to your repo or cloud. What it does and what to pair it with.
Oct 19, 20264 min read
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What does half-life mean in a vulnerability fix report?
Half-life is the time it takes to close half of the flaws found. See how it differs from average fix time and why reports that mix the two confuse readers.
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