The next Breakerfaire will be held at 7pm at DoesLiverpool. This is located on the fourth floor of the Gostins building on Hanover Street. There will be a talk followed by networking and socializing at a nearby pub.
We hope to see you there.
Why is my blog selling boner pills? – Ian Williams
A question that is asked far too much these days. Ian will be exploring the dark side of web applications and demonstrating the mistakes that are often made by developers when setting up web sites. Set from a beginners perspective Ian will show what tools are available to us to learn about common web application security problems and practice these offensive techniques against live sites, all without being sent to prison for hacking!
tl;dr Update your WordPress.
Ian Williams was an Information Security Analyst for RWE IT UK, the IT provider for RWEnpower and one of the largest utilities in the UK but is currently transitioning to work as a Pen Tester, Researcher and QSA at Xiphos Research Labs. Ian is rather new to the security field having moved into it from a career in Wintel server support and software packaging and distribution. Always being one to have a tinker with things security had become a natural fit with Ian obtaining GIAC certifications GCIH, GAWN and GPEN in the 5 years since he started in the industry. Ian is a passionate supporter of the UK information security community and is working to pay back all of the support he has gained in the last 5 years by organising local security meetings such as OWASP and 2600 and speaking as a new commer to the industry, in the hope it will encourage more of the IT tinkerers to come over to the dark side!
