Stranger Danger: Finding Security Vulnerabilities Before They Find You

Subscribe to our channel! Talk from BSides Perth 2021 Web: https://www.bsidesperth.com.au Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/bsidesper Talk: Stranger Danger: Finding Security Vulnerabilities Before They Find You! Open-source modules within ecosystems are undoubtedly awesome. However, they also represent an undeniable and massive risk. You’re introducing someone else’s code into your system, often with little or no scrutiny. The wrong package can introduce critical vulnerabilities into your application, exposing your application and your user's data. This talk will use a sample application, Goof, which uses various vulnerable dependencies, which we will exploit as an attacker would. For each issue, we'll explain why it happened, show its impact, and – most importantly – see how to avoid or fix it. About the presenter: DeveloperSteve Senior Dev Advocate Snyk, Barayamal advisor. Dev/CTO/Maker/Geek/Speaker/MC/Hackathoner.