A Button Broke the Business A Reminder on Why Web Application VAPT Matters
It All Started With a Login Error On a quiet Monday morning in early 2025, a Chennai-based SaaS startup noticed a series of failed login attempts on their admin panel. At first, it seemed like a user mistake — a forgotten password or maybe a browser glitch. But within an hour, dozens of customer accounts started behaving oddly. Password reset emails were being triggered in bulk. Transactions were stalling. Admin access logs showed activity from IPs outside the country. Something wasn’t right. By mid-afternoon, the development team confirmed the truth: someone had bypassed the authentication layer and was now inside the system, freely moving through client records. The breach wasn’t massive, but it was real. And it could have been avoided. The Problem Wasn’t Obvious The company wasn’t careless. They had a strong development team, a decent hosting provider, and even ran periodic code reviews. But like many modern businesses, they were focused on speed — not security. What fai...