The most dangerous window is before threat intel knows about it

When a malicious package is first published, threat intelligence sources haven't flagged it yet – and every team pulling from a public registry is exposed during that entire window. The fix isn't faster scanning; it's a policy that holds new packages for a defined cooldown period before they're eligible to pull. By the time the window closes, the threat intelligence has caught up. Teams pulling direct from npm or PyPI have no equivalent enforcement layer – which is exactly how attacks like Shai-Hulud got in.

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