
A weekly podcast of all things application security related. Hosted by Ken Johnson and Seth Law.
| Publishes | Weekly | Episodes | 333 | Founded | 8 years ago |
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| Number of Listeners | Categories | TechnologyNewsTech News | |||

Sponsored by Guardsquare (guardsquare.com), Episode 331 focuses heavily on the growing role of AI agents in application security and how organizations should build and defend against agentic systems. Ken and Seth argue that effective AI security syst... more
In this special episode of Absolute AppSec, we cover a topic which started as a solution proposed by Rippling Security's Jeevan Singh: Vulnerability Jail. As Jeevan describes it: "In this new AI world, we have seen many more vulnerabilities, and we s... more
In this episode, sponsored by GuardSquare (guardsquare.com), Ken Johnson and Seth Law discuss OpenAI's reported Hugging Face security incident, questioning whether the model demonstrated genuinely novel offensive capability or mostly chained known vu... more
In episode 328 of Absolute AppSec, sponsored by GuardSquare (guardsquare.com), Seth and Ken start by highlighting a newly disclosed, pre-authentication WordPress core Remote Code Execution (RCE) vulnerability ("WP2Shell"). The core discussion centers... more
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I’ve been listening to Absolute AppSec for years now and, it’s one of my favorite ways to stay sharp on application security. Ken Johnson and Seth Law aren’t just talking heads reading headlines, they’re clearly in the trenches themselves, and it shows. Every episode digs into stuff that actually matters if you’re building, breaking, or defending apps for a living.
What I really like is that it doesn’t feel like a one-way broadcast. The hosts are genuinely engaged with the community, and I’ve h... more
Excellent source for security news
I am really liking it and I want more. You guys are doing amazing job. Keep up. 🙂
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A technically oriented show examining application security, DevSecOps, and AI-enabled tooling through practical, real-world scenarios. Recent episodes center on topics like exploitability, IDOR prevention, AI-driven security workflows, and governance in AI-adjacent development, often weighing vendor dynamics, industry standards, and incident responses. The tone blends deep-dive analysis with practitioner anecdotes, dashboards, and hands-on takeaways for developers, security teams, and vendors. A notable pattern is the recurring focus on multi-tenant authorization, secure SDLC practices, and the economics of frontier models, with sponsor shout-outs and live-event news woven in. The approachable depth makes it useful for listeners who want ac... more
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