🎯 Free Hub: https://professorerica.com/pentestplus • 📝 Practice Test: https://professorerica.com/pentestplus-practice – SAST analyzes source code without executing it, finding SQL injection, hardcoded credentials, buffer overflows, and weak cryptography before the code ever runs in production. This video covers where SAST fits in the SDLC, Semgrep command syntax and custom rule writing, Bandit for Python scanning, false positive triage, and the critical limitations that make DAST a necessary complement. The Heartbleed 2014 vulnerability is the case study for what SAST could catch. Watch the next video for DAST and IAST in practice.

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Chapters:
0: 00 What SAST Actually Does
2: 36 SAST in the SDLC: Shift Left Before It Ships
4: 27 Semgrep: Rules, Patterns, and Custom Detection
6: 26 Reading SAST Output: Triage and False Positive Handling
8: 19 SAST Limitations and What It Cannot Catch
10: 18 SAST for the PT0-003 Exam and the Real Lab
12: 39 Quiz Time

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