Insights from the Blue Lantern Team

Notes on building security products, what we're seeing in the field, and the occasional opinion piece.

June 10, 2026 · Practical Applications

How Blue Lantern Security Makes it Simple to Analyze Emails for Phishing Indicators

In this post we discuss the various methods for submitting email data for analysis to Blue Lantern Security, why we've looked at making it so accessible, and what use cases you can enable with all of these methods.

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June 3, 2026 · Practical Applications

Comparing the accuracy of AI models on the OWASP code scanning benchmarks

In this post we compare how GPT-5.5 and Gemini 3.5-flash compare against our classic deterministic code scanner when measured against OWASP's Java and Python Benchmarks.

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June 2, 2026 · Practical Applications

Automating email header analysis: Blue Lantern Security vs. MxToolbox

MxToolbox is great for manual email header checks — but it has no API. Here's how Blue Lantern Security fills that gap for teams that need automation.

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June 1, 2026 · Practical Applications

How Blue Lantern Security Compares to VirusTotal

Most VirusTotal workflows stop at the detection count. A side-by-side look at where that breaks down for SOC analysts and what Blue Lantern does differently.

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May 26, 2026 · Our Journey

Launch Day for Bluelanternsecurity.io

What we're coming to the cybersecurity market with today, march 26th, 2026, and how to sign up for our product.

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May 14, 2026 · Current Events

Our Stance On Risk Scoring

Generic risk scores can't capture your business context. Why Blue Lantern ships pass/fail analysis details instead of opaque scores, and how to handle alert overload.

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May 7, 2026 · Current Events

The Trick That Hijacks Your Back Button Is Now Officially Malicious

Google has put back button hijacking in the malware category. Enforcement begins June 15, and our URL Detonator now tests for it.

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May 7, 2026 · Our Journey

How Blue Lantern Security Started

Why we left stable jobs to build Blue Lantern — the case for composable, pay-per-use security tooling instead of another expensive enterprise platform.

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April 30, 2026 · Practical Applications

Automate Email Analysis with the Blue Lantern API

Wire up our email analyzer to a phishing automation workflow, score every submission automatically, and stop clicking through the UI.

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April 23, 2026 · Practical Applications

Automate Static Malware Analysis with the Blue Lantern API

Send suspicious files to our static analyzer using our REST apis and feed the results into your downstream triage pipeline.

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April 16, 2026 · Practical Applications

Hunting Down iam:PassRole in AWS

A single CLI call surfaces every principal in your account that can hand off privileged roles — a common privilege escalation path.

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April 9, 2026 · Practical Applications

Find Risky Users in AWS

Audit your AWS account against Blue Lantern's curated list of high-risk IAM actions in one command.

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April 2, 2026 · Practical Applications

Find Risky Service Principals in Azure

Service principals collect permissions over time. One command audits them against a curated list of high-risk roles.

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March 26, 2026 · Practical Applications

Scan AI Skills for Hidden Malware

Third-party AI skills can ship hidden prompts or executable content. Run them through static analysis before you trust them.

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March 19, 2026 · Practical Applications

Scan Your Chrome Extensions for Malware

Chrome extensions sit in your browser with broad permissions. Run a static scan of the directory and find the obvious bad actors.

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March 12, 2026 · Practical Applications

Scan a Code Repository for Secrets

Pre-push secret scanning is best. Retroactive secret scanning is necessary. Here's how to run the latter against an existing repo.

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March 5, 2026 · Practical Applications

Scan a Directory for PII

AI tooling has made PII leaks more likely. Audit log directories for exposed personal data with one CLI call.

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February 26, 2026 · Practical Applications

Run Blue Lantern Scans in GitHub Actions

Wire our secret scanner into GitHub Actions and surface findings as PR warnings without breaking builds.

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