Early March, I and SecurityDrops with me joined SCADEMY - Secure Coding Academy. Expect content. More and better quality content from me and from experienced peers alike. I will dedicate more time to the blog and curating its content.
Injections, where code meets data
Friday, Feb 14, 2020 by Daniel Szpisjak
Injections are still one, if not the most serious, flaws a developer can make. This post deconstructs the vulnerability and puts it back together to offer you a solid understanding to build on. After reading it, you will never think of injections the same way.
Your time as a Software Engineer is valuable. I get it and respect it. This blog is designed to contain small, easily consumable drops of security knowledge essential for You.

Use this mental model to learn security
Thursday, Mar 7, 2019 by Daniel Szpisjak
Mental models help us learn faster and more efficiently. The security field can be viewed from two different viewpoints. One is very high-level, dealing with abstract ideas. Let’s call it macro. The other deals with the details, of how the smaller parts interact. That’s the micro.
Inside a crypto black-box
Thursday, Feb 7, 2019 by Daniel Szpisjak
AES, also known as the Advanced Encryption Standard, is one of the fundamental building blocks of today’s secure communications. Let’s take a peek inside and see how it works.
Introducing the Labs
Wednesday, Jan 30, 2019 by Daniel Szpisjak
Optimal learning happens when theory meets practice. The Securitydrops Labs is designed to give you a training ground to practice your hands-on skills. It gives you a highly configurable web application, where you can play around in a sandbox.