Cork|Sec 70

Running for nearly 5 years, every month we have 2 talks focused on Security or Technology - followed by socialising with like minded people – and you can find out exactly what to expect on the About Us section of our Meetup page. Past talk details are on our wiki on http://corksec.com/. All people with any sort of an interest or level of knowledge in Security, Hacking and Emerging Technology are more than welcome to attend and feel free to bring like minded colleagues and friends.

Our talks come from our community so if you have an idea for a topic (anything for 10-60 minutes) please email us at DefconCork@gmail.com . Whether you are an experienced presenter, or presenting for your first time - CorkSec is a great venue for it - and we are happy to help you prepare and mentor you.

Doors open at 19:00 with talks starting at 19:15

TALK 1 : HTTP/2 and the changing protocols of the web - Barry Pollard

HTTP/2 is the first major upgrade in 20 years to the protocol that is used to serve billions of web pages and web APIs. But what is HTTP/2 and how is it different than HTTP/1? Should website owners upgrade to it and what does that involve exactly? What are the security implications of this relatively new protocol? This talk will try to answer those questions and more! We'll also take a sneak peak at HTTP/3 and QUIC due to come in the next year or so, which will herald even bigger changes.

I've recently published a book on the subject: HTTP/2 in Action and the publisher (Manning) has kindly offered 5 free eBook copies of that book to give out on the night for those that want to know more on the subject.

TALK 2: Vulnerabilities in the Energy and Water sector - Bob McArdle

In this talk I will give a summary of Trend Micro's findings from our research paper "Critical Infrastructures Exposed and at Risk: Energy and Water Industries" - https://www.trendmicro.com/vinfo/us/security/news/cybercrime-and-digital-threats/exposed-and-vulnerable-critical-infrastructure-the-water-energy-industries