DevSec Station

Secure code review isn't about finding obscure vulnerabilities or thinking like an elite hacker. It's about verifying that the security controls your application depends on are actually present, in the right place, and correctly implemented.

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In this episode of DevSec Station, Tanya Janca explains how developers can perform effective secure code reviews without being security experts. You'll learn wh...

Security bugs aren't usually caused by 'bad developers'. More often, they're the result of good developers making rational decisions under deadlines, competing priorities, and imperfect systems.

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In this episode of DevSec Station, Tanya Janca explores why common secure coding mistakes are often incentive problems rather than knowledge problems. You'll learn why insecure patterns emerge, why simply te...

Security training has its place. But if training alone solved security problems, we wouldn't keep seeing the same vulnerabilities appear over and over again. The real problem usually isn't that developers don't know what to do; it's that the easiest path is often an insecure one.

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In this episode of DevSec Station, Tanya Janca explains why secure defaults are one of the most effective security contro...

Security tools are supposed to help developers build safer software. But sometimes it seems like they create more frustration than security.

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In this episode of DevSec Station, Tanya Janca explains why many security tools overwhelm developers with alerts, how alert fatigue erodes trust, and why "more findings" doesn't mean "more security." You'll learn how to tune your classic AppSec tools so they su...

AI coding assistants can help developers move incredibly fast. But this new speed comes with a new challenge: security drift.

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In this episode of DevSec Station, Tanya Janca explores how tools like GitHub Copilot, ChatGPT, Cursor, and other AI coding assistants can unintentionally change the security assumptions your software was built on. You'll learn what security drift is, why it happens so quietl...

If you've ever committed an API key, password, token, certificate, or other secret to a repository, you're not alone. Most secret leaks don't happen because developers don't care about security. They happen because the easiest place to put a secret is inside the code that uses it.

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In this episode of DevSec Station, Tanya Janca explains why secrets leak, why "just be careful" isn't an effective secur...

Most developers think software supply chain security starts and ends with dependencies. But modern supply chain attacks don't stop there. Attackers look for paths into your software, and those paths often run through developers, CI/CD systems, build tools, deployment pipelines, and other trusted parts of the software delivery process.

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In this episode of DevSec Station, Tanya Janca ex...

Malicious dependencies are not accidents. They are often intentionally designed to look trustworthy so developers install them without hesitation. In this episode of DevSec Station, Tanya Janca explains how attackers use typosquatting, dependency confusion, fake packages, and even AI-generated recommendations to compromise developer environments and steal credentials. 

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🚨 Emergency DevSec Station update.

There’s an active npm supply chain attack happening right now.

Malicious npm packages are running install scripts that quietly steal:
 • SSH keys
 • AWS credentials
 • GitHub tokens
 • Browser passwords
 • Crypto wallets

From there, the attack uses your npm publish token to spread into every package you maintain. That’s how this turns into a worm a...

What if a supply chain attack didn’t start with a complex exploit… but something completely normal?

A typo.
 A copy-paste.
 Even an AI suggestion.

In this episode, Tanya Janca breaks down how modern supply chain attacks actually happen inside everyday developer workflows.

These attacks aren’t one big moment. They’re a series of small, reasonable decisions that quietly introduce risk.

You’l...

Developers are no longer just building software.
 They’re being targeted directly.

In this episode, Tanya Janca explains how supply chain attacks reach developers through everyday tools, packages, and workflows.

These attacks don’t feel like attacks at first. They look like normal development work until it’s too late.

You’ll learn:
 • How supply chain attacks reach individual developers
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