In Code We Trust? Why the Most Trusted Software Receives the Least Scrutiny
Sophos, Monday, July 20th, 2026
Sophos shows why widely trusted software gets the least security scrutiny and how to review it.
This Sophos research post argues that widely trusted software often receives insufficient security scrutiny, leaving exploitable flaws.
It demonstrates four practical code review techniques: variant hunting, patch-gap reading, manual source review, and consistency checking.
These methods are especially effective at uncovering authorization and integration-point vulnerabilities.
As organizations connect AI agents to production systems that process untrusted content, the author says such reviews become critical to finding flaws before they are weaponized.