Part 5 of our OWASP API Security Top 10 Deep Dive Series Here’s a simple question that reveals a dangerous assumption in modern software: Who decides what you’re allowed to do? In the physical world, this question has obvious answers. …

Part 5 of our OWASP API Security Top 10 Deep Dive Series The Speed of Greed: How Bots Hijack Your Business Logic Every music fan knows the drill. Your favorite artist announces a tour. Tickets go on sale Friday at …

Part 4 of our OWASP API Security Top 10 Deep Dive Series The Puppet Master’s Paradox: When SSRF Turns APIs into Accomplices Imagine you’re at a party, and someone approaches you with a simple request:“Hey, could you ask Sarah over …

Part 3 of our OWASP API Security Top 10 Deep Dive Series #8 API Security Risk: Security Misconfiguration When’s the last time you checked the default settings on your coffee maker? If you’re like most people, never. You pulled it …

Part 2 of the OWASP API Security Top 10 Deep Dive Series Risk #9 – Improper Inventory Management Psychology of Digital Blindness In September 2022, telecom giant Optus learned a $140 million lesson – and nearly 10 million customers learned …

Part 1: OWASP API Security Top 10 Deep Dive Risk #10 – Unsafe Consumption of APIs APIs are the lifeblood of modern software. But what happens when a bridge meant to connect systems becomes a gateway for attacks? Welcome to …

When security systems fail, most infrastructures do exactly what they were designed to do: block everything. It’s a cautious default – one that seems safe on paper but can bring critical operations to a grinding halt in real life. Here’s …

Ever wonder why your perfectly organized Kubernetes cluster mysteriously transforms into digital spaghetti faster than you can say “container orchestration”? Buckle up, because we’re about to discover that your infrastructure follows the same laws that govern exploding stars, melting ice …

When Necessity Creates Complexity Picture this fascinating scenario: A Fortune 500 company’s brightest engineers, people who can architect systems serving millions of users simultaneously, find themselves in an unexpected situation. These brilliant minds, capable of solving the most complex technical …

When Your Worst Nightmare Goes Public The message from Tom, the Lead Developer, was short and terrifying: “We have a problem. GitHub just sent an automated security alert. Our production database credentials are in our public repo. From three months …

Chapter 1: When Everything Falls Apart John knew he was in trouble when his phone started buzzing at 2:17 AM on a Tuesday. Not the gentle “you’ve got a text” buzz, but the angry, persistent “your entire infrastructure is on …

Imagine you’ve finally made your dream team of brilliant developers. These developers are passionate, your systems are cutting-edge, and your processes are streamlined to perfection. Everything is working like a finely-tuned machine, right? Instead, you’re staring at declining productivity metrics, …

Picture this: Six months ago, a team’s cloud environment was a thing of beauty. Clean, organized, cost-effective – you might even say, a technological masterpiece that would make any engineer shed a tear of joy. Fast forward to today, and …

Imagine you walk into a spaceship. Everything is sleek, functional, and perfectly engineered, except for one corner. There’s a sign that reads, “Temporary Fix for Compliance.” Wires are hanging, patches are visible, and the engineers are too afraid to touch …

Imagine you’re standing in front of a high-tech security operations center. Lights are blinking. Dashboards glow. Alerts pour in like meteor showers. From a distance, it appears to be an impenetrable force field of cybersecurity. But zoom in, and you …