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210 articles

Building a Hardened CI/CD Pipeline: Architecture, Secret Scanning, and Artifact Signing
Featured Post
Cybersecurity
November 10, 20266 min read

Building a Hardened CI/CD Pipeline: Architecture, Secret Scanning, and Artifact Signing

Technische Härtung von CI/CD-Pipelines: Secret-Scanning mit Gitleaks, BuildKit Secrets, Cosign Keyless Signing und Schutz vor Supply-Chain-Angriffen.

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The authorized_keys Sprawl Problem: Detecting Stale Keys and Identity Drift Across Cloud Fleets
Secure Access
November 10, 20268 min

The authorized_keys Sprawl Problem: Detecting Stale Keys and Identity Drift Across Cloud Fleets

Learn how to discover, parse, and audit stale SSH authorized_keys across Linux fleets, correlate auth logs, and prevent cloud-init key re-injection.

#ssh authorized_keys audit#ssh key drift detection#offboarding ssh credentials
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Detecting Persistent SSH Backdoors: Auditing authorized_keys and Binary Integrity in Linux Environments
Secure Access
November 10, 20267 min

Detecting Persistent SSH Backdoors: Auditing authorized_keys and Binary Integrity in Linux Environments

Technical guide on detecting SSH backdoors via log analysis, binary verification, and sshd_config audits. Covers persistence and PAM module integrity.

#SSH backdoor detection#authorized_keys audit#OpenSSH binary integrity
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Hardware-Backed SSH: Configuring sk-ssh-ed25519 with OpenSSH 8.2+ and FIDO2 User Presence
Secure Access
November 6, 20269 min

Hardware-Backed SSH: Configuring sk-ssh-ed25519 with OpenSSH 8.2+ and FIDO2 User Presence

Configure OpenSSH with FIDO2 hardware tokens. Learn ed25519-sk generation, resident keys, udev rules, PIN verification, and common error resolution.

#OpenSSH FIDO2 hardware keys#sk-ssh-ed25519 configuration#OpenSSH resident keys
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Lab: Issuing Ephemeral OpenSSH Certificates via GitHub Actions OIDC Without Static Deploy Keys
Secure Access
October 28, 20269 min

Lab: Issuing Ephemeral OpenSSH Certificates via GitHub Actions OIDC Without Static Deploy Keys

Replace static CI/CD deploy keys with short-lived OpenSSH certificates signed by HashiCorp Vault using GitHub Actions OIDC token federation.

#OpenSSH certificates GitHub Actions OIDC#ephemeral SSH certificates#CI/CD machine identity access
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Post-Exploitation Agent Hijacking: Why Malicious CLI Dependencies Target SSH_AUTH_SOCK
Secure Access
October 22, 20267 min

Post-Exploitation Agent Hijacking: Why Malicious CLI Dependencies Target SSH_AUTH_SOCK

Understand how attackers exploit SSH_AUTH_SOCK for lateral movement. Detect socket hijacking with auditd and replace agent forwarding with ProxyJump.

#ssh-agent hijacking#SSH_AUTH_SOCK vulnerability#FIDO2 ed25519-sk keys
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SSH to SIEM Integration: Collecting, Normalizing, and Alerting on Shell Activity
SIEM & Monitoring
October 6, 20268 min

SSH to SIEM Integration: Collecting, Normalizing, and Alerting on Shell Activity

Learn how to capture immutable SSH execution telemetry using OpenSSH VERBOSE logging and Linux auditd execve syscall rules for SIEM ingestion.

#siem integration ssh#siem integration ssh
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