Security for Hackers and Developers: Overview

In just over an hour, it lays out the information-security fundamentals that apply across any software discipline — the common classes of vulnerability and how to reason about them — so developers start writing with an attacker's eye. It's an orientation, not a full application-security course, so if you want depth or hands-on labs you'll need more. It's on a Pluralsight plan (Standard about $29/month or $299/year, Premium about $45/month or $499/year, 10-day trial). The vulnerability-thinking it teaches outlasts any specific exploit (as of 2026).

Security for Hackers and Developers: Overview brings security into the development process. In just over an hour it covers the fundamentals of information security that apply to any software discipline — common vulnerability classes, how to review code for bugs, and how to threat-model a system before attackers do.