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      • Most of the 550 Connected-Device Apps We Checked Have No Published Way to Report a Security Flaw (That We Could Find)
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        • Does the Cyber Resilience Act Apply to Your App? Scope and Dates
        • The Cyber Resilience Act and UK Companies
        • CRA Compliance Checklist for Software and App Teams
        • All CRA articles (16)
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        • Does EN 18031 Apply to Your Device? A Self-Check for Makers
        • Does EN 18031 Cover Your Companion App and Cloud? A Checklist
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        • UK PSTI Act: The Three Security Requirements, the Statement of Compliance, and How Many Device Makers Publish One
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        • MCP Server Monitoring & Reliability Tools
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        • Your Post-Quantum Posture Is Your CDN’s Posture
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        • What Real Stacks Actually Run Together (Data From Public Infrastructure Files)
        • 94% of the Top PyPI Packages Are Free-Threading Ready — Here Are the Blockers
        • All data products (12)
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        • Is This Security Patch Safe to Apply? (a Data-Driven Workflow)
        • How to Vet a Dependency Before You Commit to It (a Data-Driven Workflow)
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        • What is an AI Engineer? Roles, Responsibilities, and Day-to-Day
        • Evaluating and Optimizing AI Applications Built with Foundation Models
        • Implementing and Integrating Foundation Models in AI Applications
        • Designing AI Applications with Foundation Models
        • Understanding Foundation Models for AI Application Development
        • What is AI Engineering, as Defined by Chip Huyen, and Why Does it Matter?
        • Understanding Spec-Driven Development (SDD) for AI Agents
      • Vulnerability management
        • CISA KEV
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    Category: Cyber Resilience Act

    The EU Cyber Resilience Act sets security obligations for anyone placing a product with digital elements on the EU market — including app and software teams who have never thought of themselves as manufacturers. These articles cover what the regulation actually requires, who it catches, and what needs to be in place before the reporting obligations bite.

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    Connected-Device Readiness ExplorerWho publishes a route to report a security flaw, who states a support period, who protects their domain — searchable by country, category or brand.Open →CRA Scope Checker for App TeamsFive questions that tell you whether the EU Cyber Resilience Act applies to your product, and which obligations follow if it does.Open →

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    What Is security.txt, and Does the Cyber Resilience Act Require One?

    Last reviewed: 29 October 2026. General information, not legal advice. If someone finds a security flaw in your website or app, they need a quick…

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    How to Report a Security Vulnerability in a Smart Device: We Found No Published Way for 7 in 10 Apps We Could Check

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    Vendor Security Requirements: What 7 Buyers Ask Suppliers For

    Last reviewed: 26 October 2026. General information, not legal advice. If you sell software, an SDK or a component to big customers, some of them…

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    CRA SBOM Requirements: What the Law Asks For and What It Doesn’t

    Last reviewed: 26 October 2026. General information, not legal advice. If your app or connected product falls under the EU’s Cyber Resilience Act (CRA), you…

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    Who Do You Tell About a Flaw in Your App’s SDKs? We Checked 43

    Last reviewed: 26 October 2026. General information, not legal advice. If your app is in scope of the EU’s new security law for software and…

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    CRA Reporting Obligations: A 24-Hour Runbook for App Teams

    Last reviewed: 26 October 2026. General information, not legal advice. If attackers are exploiting a security flaw in your app, EU law may give you…

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    Cyber Resilience Act Timeline: Every CRA Date, and What Applies When

    Last reviewed: 25 October 2026. Dates checked against the Official Journal text of the Regulation on 25 October 2026. General information, not legal advice. If…

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    Will Your Chip Maker’s PSIRT Warn You About a Flaw? We Checked 40

    Last reviewed: 26 October 2026. General information, not legal advice. When your chip’s firmware or SDK has an exploited flaw, the EU’s 24-hour reporting clock…

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    Vulnerability Disclosure Programmes: We Found a Response Time at 14 of 144 Top-Grossing iPhone Publishers in Four European App Stores

    Last reviewed: 25 October 2026. General information, not legal advice. When someone finds a security flaw in your app, they need to know where to…

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    Dependabot Has Nothing to Flag on 10 Exploited Flaws for Native Android and iOS Projects

    Last reviewed: 25 October 2026. General information, not legal advice. If you build a native Android, iPhone or Flutter app, GitHub’s dependency alert tool may…

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    Alex October 26, 2026
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