Metaphor for A10:2025: A small exception causing catastrophic security failure in a modern application.

A10:2025 Mishandling of Exceptional Conditions – The Quiet AppSec Failure No One Owns

If you’ve been in application security long enough, you’ll recognise this pattern instantly: the vulnerability wasn’t exotic, the exploit wasn’t clever, and yet the impact was catastrophic. A stack trace…

Ahsan Mohsin December 22, 2025

Application Security OWASP Web Security

Broken Access Control: The Quiet, Persistent Threat Still Dominating the OWASP Top 10 in 2025

If there's one vulnerability category that refuses to fade, it's Broken Access Control. According to the OWASP Top 10 2025, Broken Access Control is once again one of the most recurring…

Ahsan Mohsin December 1, 2025

Application Security OWASP Software Engineering

Why OWASP Top 10 (2025) Matters More Than Ever — A Practical Breakdown for Engineers

Introduction: The Relentless Race and the North Star The digital landscape is a constantly evolving battleground. For every innovative stride forward from microservices to serverless there's a new, subtle vulnerability…

Ahsan Mohsin November 30, 2025

Application Security OWASP Software Architecture

Insecure Design: The Architect’s Oversight (OWASP A06:2025)

Insecure Design (OWASP Top Ten 2021 Category A04:2021) represents one of the most fundamental and often overlooked risks in application security. This category focuses not on bugs or coding mistakes, but…

Ahsan Mohsin November 28, 2025