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Blocking Malicious Packages at the Proxy Level With Artifactory

Once a compromised dependency reaches a laptop or CI runner, you are doing incident response. Blocked at the Artifactory proxy, it is a log line. Here is the configuration that makes that happen.

Feb 18, 20266 min read
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SCA Security Tools: A Practical Shortlist

A working shortlist of SCA security tools, what actually differentiates them beyond CVE counts, and how to pick an sca solution that fits your ecosystem.

Feb 18, 20265 min read
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Open Source Security Management: From Policy to Pipeline

A policy document nobody enforces is theater. Here is how to turn open source rules into pipeline checks that developers can live with.

Feb 12, 20265 min read
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PyPI Security: Malware Campaigns and How to Defend

The Python Package Index has become a first-class malware channel — from the ctx hijack to the ultralytics pipeline compromise. Here are the campaigns worth studying and the defenses that work.

Feb 12, 20266 min read
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Open Source Vulnerability Management Tools, Compared

OSV-Scanner, Trivy, Grype, and Dependency-Check all find known CVEs for free, but they differ sharply in language coverage, database freshness, and how far they get you toward an actual fix.

Feb 11, 20266 min read
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Inside PyPI Project Quarantine: How the Reversible Takedown Workflow Has Performed Since Launch

PyPI's Project Quarantine status, introduced in August 2024 and used roughly 140 times in its first year, replaces irreversible deletions with a reversible hidden state. Here is how the workflow operates and how to consume the signal.

Feb 4, 20266 min read
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How to Create an npm Package (and Publish It Securely)

A practical npm create package walkthrough: init, entry points, files whitelist, dry-run checks, then publishing with 2FA, provenance, and trusted publishing so your package cannot be hijacked.

Oct 28, 20257 min read
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How to Fix a Vulnerable Transitive Dependency in npm

The CVE is four levels deep in a package you never installed. Four escalating fixes — parent upgrade, npm update, overrides, and forking — with the exact commands.

Oct 21, 20256 min read
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npm-check-updates: A Safe Dependency Upgrade Workflow

npm check updates (ncu) shows you every dependency with a newer version than your ranges allow. The tool is simple; the workflow around it is what keeps upgrades from breaking prod.

Oct 7, 20257 min read
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