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Robust URL Validation in Python: Stopping SSRF and Open Redirects
One misparsed IP string cost Capital One 106 million records. Here's how to validate URLs in Python without repeating that mistake.
Jul 11, 20266 min read
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Hardening a Java build pipeline in GitHub Actions
23,000+ repos leaked CI secrets when tj-actions/changed-files was hijacked in March 2025. Here's how to pin, OIDC, and sign a Java pipeline against that.
Jul 11, 20266 min read
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Safeguard Is Now in Your Browser: the Chrome Extension Is Live
One click on the Chrome Web Store puts Griffin AI search in a side panel next to any tab — one permission, no host access, no data collection, under 8 KiB. Here's what it does and why we built it so small.
Jul 11, 20263 min read
Supply Chain Attacks
How malicious Gemfile.lock entries redirect Ruby installs to attacker servers
A single unreviewed remote: line in Gemfile.lock can silently reroute a bundle install — here's how Ruby lockfile injection works and how to stop it.
Jul 11, 20266 min read
Open Source Security
Bundler dependency resolution and safe Gemfile upgrade strategies
In May 2026 RubyGems suspended new signups after attackers mass-created accounts to flood the registry with malicious gems. Here's how Bundler actually resolves risk.
Jul 11, 20266 min read
Application Security
Reverse shell attack mechanics and detection
Reverse shells flip the direction of the connection so outbound firewall rules never fire — here is how they work and the signals that catch them anyway.
Jul 11, 20266 min read
Application Security
React security best practices: stopping XSS, dangerouslySetInnerHTML, and dependency risk
React auto-escapes JSX text by default, but dangerouslySetInnerHTML, href injection, and a 500-package npm worm show where that protection stops.
Jul 11, 20266 min read
Application Security
The Python code review security checklist: eval, pickle, and shell=True
Bandit ships named checks for eval, pickle, and shell=True — B307, B301, B602 — yet these three smells still slip past manual review into production Python.
Jul 11, 20266 min read
Application Security
Why assert is not a security control in Python
Run Python with -O and every assert statement vanishes from the bytecode — including the ones guarding auth checks and input validation.
Jul 11, 20266 min read
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