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AppSec Observer
Company blog · contrastsecurity.com/security-influencerssecurity
AppSec Observer is the company blog at contrastsecurity.com, writing about security. Since 2014, 14 different Hacker News readers have linked it 21 times, most often “Scan for cybersecurity risks on every commit with CodeSec and Git Hooks for free”. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-10-23, and you can follow it by feed.
Too few sampled comments (4) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
The linked site is the homepage of Contrast Security, an application security company. Comments mention it only as a company, employer, or competitor in hiring and product threads, not for its writing.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 4 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
Secure AI-generated code with Contrast. Our runtime application security platform observes real behavior to block attacks in real time.
Most-linked posts?
- /3 people · 3 mentions · first linked 2019-06-21
- Scan for cybersecurity risks on every commit with CodeSec and Git Hooks for free2 people · 5 mentions · first linked 2022-08-18
What Hacker News says?
There's still lots of non Military / Fed stuff! And it's getting better. https://www.sparkpost.com/ https://www.cloudtamer.io/ https://www.contrastsecurity.com/ A few off the top of my head. I'm currently working (remotely) for a BigCo that acquired my startup employer last year. Technical.ly can be a good resource for local postings. I've worked as a SWE in Baltimore for 10 years and have never had employment issue…
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on “Baltimore Museum of Art will host an exhibition curated by the museum's guards”Submitted Free Developer Security Tool as a story · 3 points
HN discussionWhat I'm looking for in this role is to research the market, find sales leads, collect their feedback, and shape the product with me. To let me focus solely on R&D. Willingness to go the extra mile. I don’t expect huge upfront commitment unless you want it to be so. I created initial prototype on my own at nights after work. I have then quit job and secured some $10k from my friends to get beta out the door in aroun…
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on “Ask HN: Who is hiring? (May 2014)”Submitted Serialization Must Die: Act 2: XStream (Jenkins CVE-2016-0792) as a story · 3 points
HN discussionOf course, here are some Application Security Management platforms: Signal Sciences, Contrast Security, and as you may have guessed, Sqreen, where I work at. (We have a culture of transparency, faith in our product and our vision, and are hell-bent on improving for security for everyone because it’s desperately needed, so no, I’m not afraid to name competitors) Feel free to ask me anything here, on our Intercom supp…
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on “Intention to fine Marriott more than £99M under GDPR for data breach”Submitted Secure code on every commit with CodeSec and Git Hooks for free as a story · 2 points
HN discussionI’m curious — how does this compare to Contrast Security? See https://www.contrastsecurity.com/
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on “Launch HN: Sqreen (YC W18) – Securing Web Apps”Submitted How to detect Log4j vulnerabilities in Java projects for free with CodeSec as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Scan for cybersecurity risks on every commit with CodeSec and Git Hooks for free as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted New Spring4Shell Zero-Day Vulnerability What it is and how to be prepared as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted CVE-2018-15685 – Electron WebPreferences Remote Code Execution as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted The 10 Most Important Security Controls Missing in JavaEE as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Cybersecurity and Artificial Intelligence: Threats and Opportunities [pdf] as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Scan for security risks on every commit for free with CodeSec and Git Hooks as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted How to scan for code risks on every commit for free with CodeSec and Git Hooks as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted How to detect Log4j vulnerabilities in Java projects for free as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted How to scan for code risks on every commit for free with CodeSec and Git Hooks as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Detect Log4j vulnerabilities in Java projects for free as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted The Trojan Source Is Not Your Mane Problem as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted (Java) Serialization Must Die: Act 1: Kryo as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Java Serialization Vulnerability Threatens Millions of Applications as a story · 1 points
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