​How Your Product Gets Hacked

​Cyberattacks rarely happen because a product has one obvious security flaw. Attackers often find overlooked weaknesses, chain vulnerabilities together, and use the gaps between your application, APIs, infrastructure, dependencies, and users to gain access.

​In the next session of the Startup Security Workshop Series, we'll break down how attackers actually approach modern products from discovering an exposed surface to chaining vulnerabilities into a successful attack.

​This practical session is designed for founders, engineers, developers, product teams, and anyone building or operating a modern startup. You'll learn how attackers think, where they look first, and how seemingly small weaknesses can become serious security problems.

​What you'll learn

• ​How attackers map and identify the attack surface of a product.

• ​The common vulnerabilities and misconfigurations attackers look for.

• ​How individual weaknesses can be chained together into a larger attack.

• ​How attackers move from an initial foothold toward sensitive systems and data.

• ​Real-world examples of vulnerability chaining and application attacks.

• ​The blind spots that security testing and development teams often miss.

• ​Practical ways to identify and reduce attack paths before attackers exploit them.

​Guest Speaker

​Olumo Oke
Independent Security Researcher

​Olumo Oke is an independent security researcher focused on application security and vulnerability chaining. He actively hunts for security flaws across web applications, APIs, and cloud-native systems, helping organizations uncover blind spots that traditional security testing can miss.

​His work focuses on finding overlooked vulnerabilities and understanding how attackers can chain seemingly minor weaknesses into meaningful security impact.

​Whether you're building your first product or scaling an existing startup, this session will help you understand how attackers think about your product and what you can do to make their job harder.

​Date: Wednesday, August 19, 2026
Time: 7:00 PM WAT

​Investigate First. Trust Later.