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# Spot, Squash, Secure: Fighting Security Bugs with GitHub Copilot


- **Date:** Thursday, Jul 9, 2026
- **Time:** 12:10–12:40 (30 min)
- **Room:** Stage 6 - powered by Microsoft
- **Event:** World Congress 2026 Europe

## Recording

[Watch recording](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100052-spot-squash-secure-fighting-security-bugs-with-github-copilot)

## Description

It's summer, and the bugs are biting — in your code and in your backyard. In this session, we'll take GitHub Copilot and GitHub Advanced Security for a spin to see how far AI-driven security has come, what it can actually catch, and where it still needs a swat. Come for the puns, stay for the demos.

## Speakers

### [Malte Lantin](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/@malte-lantin)

Strategic Solutions Engineer at GitHub
### [Marie Theresa Brosig](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/@marie-theresa-brosig)

Strategic Solutions Engineer at GitHub


## Related talks at this congress

- [GitHub Copilot: From Zero to Hero](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/events/world-congress-2026-europe/sessions/1002-github-copilot-from) — Lisa Becker, Tugdual Grall
- [Trust code you didn't write: From code review to confidence](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/events/world-congress-2026-europe/sessions/953-trust-code-you-didn) — Ben Hutchison, Carl Fagerlin
- [The Developer Workstation Blind Spot: Why Your Security Stack Can't See What Matters Most](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/events/world-congress-2026-europe/sessions/1280-the-developer) — Marcus Wermuth
- [GenAI in Testing: Using GitHub Copilot to Accelerate Quality Without Losing Trust](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/events/world-congress-2026-europe/sessions/1291-genai-in-testing) — Moataz Nabil