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Feross Aboukhadijeh

Stanford

⚡️ Founder + CEO @SocketSecurity (https://t.co/7g1opA8rgG) • 🌲 Visiting lecturer @Stanford (https://t.co/yw9prxLQAM) • ❤️ Open source @WebTorrentApp + @StandardJS

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  • 1 month ago | thetechstreetnow.com | Michael Novinson |Feross Aboukhadijeh

    15 minutes ago   bankinfosecurity Acquisition Adds Expert Team, Reachability Analysis Tech to Socket's Security Stack Michael Novinson (MichaelNovinson) • April 23, 2025 Socket bought a Danish reachability analysis startup led by a former executive at the venture capital arm of plastic toy block giant Lego, saying the startup's technology will reduce alert fatigue among developers and security teams.

  • Oct 21, 2024 | thetechstreetnow.com | Michael Novinson |Feross Aboukhadijeh

    4 minutes ago   bankinfosecurity Socket Plans to Triple Headcount After Big Growth, Deliver Open-Source Tools Faster Michael Novinson (MichaelNovinson) • October 22, 2024 A startup led by a former Stanford University lecturer raised $40 million to address customer needs around open-source security and the software bill of materials.

  • May 10, 2024 | a16z.com | Zane Lackey |Derrick Harris |Feross Aboukhadijeh |Edo Liberty

    In this episode of the AI + a16z podcast, a16z General Partner Zane Lackey and a16z Partner Joel de la Garza sit down with Derrick Harris to discuss how generative AI — LLMs, in particular — and foundation models could effect profound change in cybersecurity. After years of AI-washing by security vendors, they explain why the hype is legitimate this time as AI provides a real opportunity to help security teams cut through the noise and automate away the types of drudgery that lead to mistakes.

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Feross
Feross @feross
30 May 25

RT @pollyplummer: Developers are importing dependencies suggested by LLMs, often without knowing if those packages have supply chain risks,…

Feross
Feross @feross
30 May 25

RT @feross: Socket now supports llms.txt 🔥 You can ask your favorite AI — ChatGPT, Claude, Copilot — anything about Socket… and get real a…

Feross
Feross @feross
30 May 25

🚨 NEW SUPPLY CHAIN ATTACK Attackers snuck into PyPI and monkey-patched packages to steal Solana private keys 🔑🐒 If you’re a Python dev using crypto packages — your keys might already be gone. They replaced functions in memory at runtime to exfiltrate secrets. No code

Socket
Socket @SocketSecurity

🚨 PyPI malware alert: A single malicious #Python package is silently hijacking #Solana wallets by monkey-patching key generation. 5 decoy packages, 25K+ downloads, and the stolen keys are exfiltrated on-chain. Full research → https://t.co/UJDu4h0LD1 #crypto #CyberSecurity