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Add rules from the Electron Security Checklist

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Description

Doyensec published a checklist of security guidance at Blackhat, and we should think about including at least some of the rules in DevSkim.

https://doyensec.com/resources/us-17-Carettoni-Electronegativity-A-Study-Of-Electron-Security-wp.pdf

Contributor guide

Open the contributing guide

First steps

  1. Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
  2. Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
  3. Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
  4. Open a pull request that references the issue number.

Research direction

Start by reading the linked Doyensec Electron security checklist and compare its guidance with DevSkim's existing rule structure. No file, test, or specific checklist rules are named, so first identify which rules are in scope and where comparable DevSkim rules are defined; done means the selected guidance is represented by rules with suitable validation.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Tech stack
csharp, electron
Domain
devtools, security
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
25/100

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