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I Scanned 42 Public SaaS Startup Repos. 83% Had AWS Key Patterns.

Most of them aren't real keys — but the noise itself is the story. What 42 well-known OSS SaaS repos taught me about how AKIA patterns spread through codebases, and why even an AI-filtered scanner still produces 1,355 findings to triage.

May 7, 2026·9 min read

We Ran Semgrep Against Our Benchmark. It Missed Half the Bugs.

A head-to-head comparison on a public labeled corpus of AI-generated code. XploitScan scored 100% F1. Semgrep's community rules scored 62.5%. The gap is almost entirely about template-literal SQL injection.

April 15, 2026·8 min read

The CORS Misconfiguration Cursor Generates That Exposes Your API

AI coding assistants produce a CORS configuration that reflects every origin with credentials. Any website the victim visits can silently read their authenticated API responses.

April 9, 2026·8 min read

Why Traditional SAST Tools Fail on AI-Generated Code

Semgrep, SonarQube, Snyk, and Checkmarx were built for hand-written enterprise code. Here's why they miss the bugs Cursor, Bolt, and Lovable produce — and what to use instead.

April 8, 2026·9 min read

The $10,000 Stripe Webhook Bug Hiding in AI-Generated Code

A walkthrough of the Stripe webhook vulnerability that Cursor, Bolt, and Lovable ship by default — and the 4 lines of code that fix it.

April 7, 2026·7 min read

I Scanned a Typical AI-Generated SaaS App. It Had 53 Security Vulnerabilities.

Hardcoded secrets, SQL injection, unprotected Stripe webhooks — here's what AI coding tools get wrong about security, with real scan data.

April 5, 2026·8 min read

Why AI-Generated Code Is Insecure (And What You Can Do About It)

45% of AI-generated code contains security vulnerabilities. Learn what AI coding tools get wrong and how to protect your app before you ship.

March 26, 2026·6 min read
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