Does PHP’s Composer provide cryptographic authentication and integrity validation?

Does PHP’s Composer package manager cryptographically validate its payload’s authentication and integrity for all packages after downloading them and before installing them?
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PRevent: Open-source tool to detect malicious code in pull requests

Apiiro security researchers have released open source tools that can help organizations detect malicious code as part of their software development lifecycle: PRevent (a scanner for pull requests), and a malicious code detection ruleset for Semgrep and… Continue reading PRevent: Open-source tool to detect malicious code in pull requests

Is reducing the webserver stack from Caddy, NGINX and PHP-FPM to only Caddy and PHP-FPM a reduction in layered-security?

I have a situation where a webserver behind a network firewall is ran inside of Docker containers. It is setup in this order:

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PHP backdoor looks to be work of Chinese-linked APT group

Known as Glutton, researchers at QiAnXin’s XLab believe Winnti is responsible for the malware.

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Is my TOTP key secure on a free hosting provider server with FTP and .htaccess restrictions?

I’m hosting a website on a free hosting provider server that uses PHP for OTP-based authentication. Here’s how it works:

If an unregistered IP address visits the site, it shows an "Unauthorized" message.

For registered IPs, the… Continue reading Is my TOTP key secure on a free hosting provider server with FTP and .htaccess restrictions?