AI Security
Why AI-generated code needs DAST, not just SAST
Copilot-generated code carried vulnerabilities in ~40% of cases in a 2021 NYU study. Static scanning alone cannot catch the runtime-only bug classes LLMs introduce.
Jul 8, 20266 min read
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Data loss prevention for developers: stopping leaks before they hit the network
CWE-532 covers secrets logged in plaintext — the exact bug that led Twitter to reset every password on May 3, 2018. Network DLP can't catch it; your code has to.
Jul 8, 20267 min read
Best Practices
Defense-in-depth for a modern cloud-native application stack
Log4Shell and the XZ backdoor were caught two different ways — one by patching, one by a developer noticing 500ms of extra SSH latency. Neither alone is a strategy.
Jul 8, 20266 min read
Supply Chain Security
Dependency confusion and npm supply-chain hardening
One researcher earned over $130,000 exploiting name collisions between public and private registries at 35 companies — here's how lockfiles and scoping stop it.
Jul 8, 20267 min read
Application Security
Dependency injection in Python: a guide to testability and security boundaries
FastAPI shipped a built-in DI container in its very first release in December 2018 — but the same swappability that makes DI testable can quietly ship a mock into production.
Jul 8, 20267 min read
Open Source Security
Dependabot vs. Renovate: Tuning Dependency Updates Without Drowning in PRs
Dependabot GA'd grouped security updates in March 2024 and cross-directory consolidation in February 2026 — both direct responses to teams muting bots entirely.
Jul 8, 20267 min read
AI Security
Detecting AI Hallucinations in Generated Code
A USENIX Security 2025 study found 19.7% of packages recommended by 16 LLMs across 576,000 code samples don't exist — and attackers are registering them first.
Jul 8, 20266 min read
Supply Chain Security
What developer-first supply chain security actually requires
The xz-utils backdoor was caught by a 500ms SSH login delay, not a scanner. Real developer-first security means catching it before the commit ships.
Jul 8, 20267 min read
DevSecOps
The DevSecOps Adoption Leadership Playbook
Datadog's 2026 State of DevSecOps found 87% of organizations have a known-exploited vulnerability live in production — the fix is incentive design, not another mandate.
Jul 8, 20267 min read
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