Show HN: Protect your Python app from an OSS supply chain attack

Exactly one year ago I announced Socket (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30515090), a simple, developer-friendly GitHub App that protects your JavaScript apps from software supply chain attacks. Since then, thousands of organizations have adopted Socket – including Vercel, Brave, BBC, Expo, Storybook, Replit, Metamask – and many more.

Today, I am incredibly excited to announce that Socket now supports Python!

Python is one of the most popular programming languages in the world, with millions of developers using it for everything from data science to web development. However, like all open source software, Python packages are vulnerable to supply chain attacks.

Most "vulnerability scanning" tools merely look up the packages you're using to see if any vulnerabilities have been reported to public CVE databases, an approach that is noisy and riddled with false positives.

Socket takes an entirely new approach. Socket uses "deep package inspection" to peel back the layers of a dependency and characterize its actual behavior. This allows us to detect and block likely supply chain attacks before they strike, mitigating the worst consequences.

With Socket, you don't have to worry about alert fatigue or wasting time sifting through piles of meaningless alerts. By default, Socket only alerts you on the most critical security issues – potential supply chain attacks, known malware, typosquats, and other similarly severe issues.

This means you can focus on what matters most – building great software – while Socket takes care of the security side of things. Let me know if you have questions and I'll be happy to answer them.