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Darknet Diaries · November 4, 2025 · 62m

Tanya: AppSec From the Front Lines

Tanya Janca, founder of We Hack Purple, shares stories from the front lines of application security and why most security breaches are caused by the same preventable mistakes.

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Janca argues that most security vulnerabilities exist because development environments default to insecure configurations. Changing the default environment would prevent more vulnerabilities than any amount of security training.
The cybersecurity industry profits from fear, creating incentives to exaggerate threats. Scary breach stories spread faster than practical security advice.