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How RubyGems.org protects OSS infrastructure
Blog 25 Aug 2025 How RubyGems.org Protects Our Community’s Critical OSS Infrastructure Recently, Socket.dev published research highlighting malicious gems designed to steal social media credentials. We wanted to use this as an opportunity to share more about how RubyGems.org security operates, how we proactively handled this incident (and others), and the work our team is doing each day to keep the ecosystem safe.
We wanted to use this as an opportunity to share more about how RubyGems.org security operates, how we proactively handled this incident (and others), and the work our team is doing each day to keep the ecosystem safe. Automated detection: Every gem upload is analyzed using both static and dynamic code analysis, including behavioral checks and metadata review. External sources: We sometimes receive alerts from vulnerability databases, industry partners, and cross-registry collaborations, which help us identify patterns across ecosystems.
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