AmsterdamPHP Monthly Meeting

Schedule:
19:00 - Doors open
19:30 - Talk
20:30 - Raffles, and announcements
20:45 - Social, drinks and food

Location: Ticketswap
Rokin 75, Amsterdam, third floor

Talk: Penetration testing for developers
Speaker: Nic Wortel

SQL injection, password cracking, session hijacking... As a developer, you've probably heard of some of these terms, and might be aware of the basic measures to counter them. But how does a hacker execute such attacks? What tools do they use? And how easy would it be to attack your own application? By starting to think like our adversaries, we have a better chance of finding vulnerabilities in our software before they can be exploited.

In this talk we will look at a few tools used by attackers and ethical hackers alike to find (and exploit) vulnerabilities in web applications. By the end of the talk, you will have a better understanding of how an attacker might target your application and how you can use the same tools to discover vulnerabilities yourself first.