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OWASP Dublin Chapter Event – OWASP April Event - DevOps

Venue Address: Morgan McKinley, Connaught House, No.1 Burlington Road, Dublin 4 (off the canal, across from the Mespil Hotel. On the second floor.)
Venue Map: Google Maps
(Registration here)

Hi Everyone,

We're happy to announce that we will be hosting our next OWASP Dublin chapter event in the Morgan McKinley’s office on Wednesday April 27th 2016 at 6:30pm and will be focused on DevOps. Please feel free to forward the event to friends and colleagues. 

We're hoping to have some gifts to give away as part of the night.
 

Thanks to Morgan McKinley for sponsoring the event.

Session 1 - John Turner - Monkey Little

John Turner has been developing software in the financial and betting industry since 1999. He has a huge interest in the changing ways in which software projects are being delivered. This has led John to discover, learn and apply the practices and principles fundamental to Agile software development particularly those of Scrum and Lean. More recently John spends his time identifying how best to leverage the emergence of Cloud (IAAS, PAAS, SAAS) to create more Agile businesses.

John's session will focus on "DevOps Adoption Patterns". While DevOps is still riding high on a peak of inflated expectations, a number of patterns of adoption are starting to emerge. The conceptual definition of Agile made it difficult to embrace until frameworks such as Scrum became popular. In this same way, the theoretical and visionary definition of DevOps is creating a barrier to entry for those eager to realise its benefits. Fear not, for there are brave soles who have gone before us that we can strive to emulate!  Join us to talk about some of the ways in which people are 'doing DevOps’.

Session 2 - Noel King - VSWare 

Noel is VP for Engineering at VSWare an Irish Software company which provides a cloud based administration system to the education sector.  He has led and developed software solutions across multiple sectors and is focused on driving excellence through team orientated development utilising the best industry standards. He has a passion for quality assurance, development automation, continuous delivery and leveraging cloud to get your product to market quicker.

He spends his free time volunteering with CoderDojo, mentoring the technology innovators of the future, building cool and fun course material and promoting the ideology.  Passionate about education and inspiring the next generation he created CoderDojo Coolest Projects Awards.  The Coolest Projects is now Ireland's largest tech event that focuses on creativity takes place annually in Dublin and Silicon Valley.

Noel's session is entitled "Banishing Snakes from Green Field Development". 

Session 3 - Ryan Sudding - VMware

Ryan works for VMware as a Systems Engineer. He has spent the last number of years working as an Infrastructure Consultant, but more recently has spent more time working with the VMware Network and Security Business Unit. He loves cars, travel and spending time with his wife and 11 month old daughter.

Ryan's session will be primarily focused on the current security landscape and also will also try debunk a few security myths.

Any questions please contact me on owen.pendlebury(at)owasp.org or Tony Clarke on tony.clarke(at)owasp.org
-- Owen Pendlebury
OWASP Ireland-Dublin Chapter Lead

OWASP Dublin Chapter Event – Session 1 – Data Protection / Session 2 - Working in IT Security Panel

Venue Address: Morgan McKinley, Connaught House, No.1 Burlington Road, Dublin 4 (off the canal, across from the Mespil Hotel. On the second floor.)
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Session 1 – Hugh Jones - General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) File:OWASP INtro to GDPR 1603.ppt

With the current EU legislation passing its 20th year back in October, it is high time that the EU Data Protection regime caught up with everything that is happening in the commercial, technological and social media sectors. The EU Commission has recently published the final draft of the new General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), scheduled to take effect across the EU in early 2018.

For organisations who already have a culture of DP compliance in place, the new Regulation will introduce a few changes, but nothing particularly challenging. For those who have ignored or failed to step up to the 1995 Directive, the next two years could be a very busy time indeed!

This overview of the Regulation provides an understanding of the key concepts contained in the new legislation, the main areas of change, and some good advice on the steps which organisations need to take in order to prepare in a timely and organised manner. The key motto being: “Don’t Panic!””

Session 2 – Working in IT Security

A panel of experts will discuss what it is like to work in IT Security industry in Ireland. The aim is of this session is to give the audience an overview of the different types of roles and opportunities in IT Security and afford the audience an opportunity to ask questions in relation to any aspect of IT Security.

1. Jason Flood– CTO IBM

Jason Flood is currently completing his Phd at the Institute of Technology in Blanchardstown. He is also heavily involved in the Security Research Lab, located in the Learning & Innovation Centre in ITB. His main research area is in the field of cyber-security and risk analysis.

Jason is founder of the Irish honeynet project and contributor to OWASP. He is also a board member of InfoSecurity Ireland. Jason is the CTO in IBM in the security space. Jason has helped deliver numerous Capture-the-Flag events at both a local, national and international level over the last 5 years for events such as Appsec, Source and IRISS.

2. Dara Boland – Morgan McKinley

Dara Boland heads up Morgan McKinley’s Information Security Recruitment team. He is a connector, blogger and market leader who is constantly helping companies locate and hire the right people, across the whole spectrum of Information Security. Dara has an extensive network and reputation in Ireland and across Europe.

3. Hugh Callaghan – Executive Director EY

Hugh is the Executive Director in our EMEIA Financial Services Advisory team with responsibility for leading our rapidly growing Advanced Security Centre, which is EY’s market-leading capability hub for delivering cyber security services to large domestic and multinational clients. Hugh has previous experience of large-scale technical security testing programmes, online banking fraud strategy, business-driven security architecture, cyber security roadmap definition and improvement programme delivery. Hugh currently has a significant focus on helping both boards and top executive management understand the implications of the cyber security threat environment in the context of their businesses, consistent with EY’s mission of making the digital world a safer place to do business.

Hugh is a research scientist by background, with a Ph.D. in computational physics from University College Cork and the Max Planck Institute, Germany. Hugh joined EY in 2003 from an international electronic payments company.

4. Rahim Jina – Director BCC Risk Advisory

Rahim is a director in BCC Risk Advisory and parent company of edgescan™, based in Ireland. Prior to this, Rahim was Head of Security for Fonality, a VOIP provider based in Los Angeles and was also a senior security consultant for a ‘Big 4’ consultancy firm for many years. Rahim has a degree in Computer Science from Trinity College Dublin and an MSc in Security & Forensic Computing from Dublin City University. Rahim has been an OWASP contributor and volunteer since 2007.

5. Declan Timmons – Principal Security Consultant Ward Solutions

Declan is Ward Solutions Principal Security Consultants in Forensics and e-Discovery operating at both the consultative and practitioner level. Originally a member of the defence forces in Ireland, Declan has a 1st class honours masters in cybercrime and forensics investigations, as well as a Certified Encase Forensics Examiner (EnCE), Certified Information Security Manager (CISM), and ISO-27001 Lead Auditor.

6. Leonard McAuliffe – Director - Cyber Security and Forensics at PwC

Leonard leads the Cyber Security and Forensics practice for PwC Ireland. Leonard has worked in the area of Cyber Security and Forensics for over 17 years and had delivered Cyber Security and Forensics services to many top international and national clients in many sectors. Some of Leonard’s Cyber Security areas of expertise include Cyber Strategy and Operating Models, Governance & Program Management,Cyber Security Architecture, Cyber Security Standards, Data Protection and Privacy, Identity and Access Management, Vulnerability Management, Ethical Hacking, Application Security, Cloud Security, Mobile Device Management, infrastructure and operational security reviews.

Any questions please contact me on owen.pendlebury(at)owasp.org or Tony Clarke on tony.clarke(at)owasp.org

OWASP Dublin Chapter Event – Gavin O’Gorman and Alain Abou Tass

Venue Address: Morgan McKinley, Connaught House, No.1 Burlington Road, Dublin 4 (off the canal, across from the Mespil Hotel. On the second floor.)
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We are delighted to to welcome Gavin O’Gorman and Alain Abou Tass for our latest OWASP Dublin Chapter meeting. Registration will start from 6:30pm 25th February with talks beginning at 7:00pm.

There will be beer and Pizza generously provided by Morgan McKinley

Gavin O’Gorman– Symantec -
Working in Symantec for the past six years, Gavin is an intelligence analyst on the attack investigations team. Before moving to the attack investigations team in 2013, he worked as a reverse engineer, and later as an incident handler. Gavin’s primary role is to gather together information from both Symantec data sources, and open sources, in order to build a comprehensive picture of an attack, or attackers. Another aspect of the job is to work with law enforcement to assist in the investigation of e-crime where possible. Prior to working in Symantec, Gavin spent several years researching network security in Dublin City University, and currently lectures part-time for the Masters in Security & Forensics course.


Alain Abou Tass – Ward Solutions - Web applications on the battlefield File:Battle20160225-V1.0.0.pptx
Penetration testers spend most of their time identifying security holes. Sometimes if we’re lucky enough, we hit the jackpot. In this talk, I will be detailing some instances of real life attacks on web applications. I’ll show how one small vulnerability, in conjunction with others, can be lethal and lead to a big breach. This will highlight the importance of fixing the small issues that are usually neglected. Also, I’ll show some interesting tricks that can be used to exploit existing vulnerabilities.

Any questions please contact me on owen.pendlebury(at)owasp.org
-- Owen Pendlebury
OWASP Ireland-Dublin Chapter Lead

OWASP Dublin Chapter Event – Tony Clarke and William Bailey

Venue Address: Morgan McKinley, Connaught House, No.1 Burlington Road, Dublin 4 (off the canal, across from the Mespil Hotel. On the second floor.)
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Tony Clarke – ICON PLC - Application security in a cyber security program File:OWASP-v1.0.pptx
Data breaches such as the recent Talk Talk and Vtech breaches are regularly reported on in the media and its clear that existing approaches to application security are flawed and failing. This session will examine application security in the context of a cyber security program and will outline an approach to application security which facilitates modern development practices and standards. The session will examine security models, controls, processes and metrics which are required to prevent, detect and respond to these types of breach and integrate with operational models and compliance requirements.


Will Bailey – IBM - Drop your breaches File:OWASP will 20151210.pptx
In this talk, I'll cover how we could be doing a much better job of improving the security of applications by educating developers better and why the approach a lot of the current security education employs both in the professional and academic spheres is wrong.

I'll also explain why it's a reflection on why I'm more likely to hire a half decent coder than a security graduate these days, so if you're currently studying and/or looking to get a a job in application security / ethical hacking in the near future this might be your ticket!

Any questions please contact me on owen.pendlebury(at)owasp.org
-- Owen Pendlebury
OWASP Ireland-Dublin Chapter Lead

OWASP Dublin Chapter Event – Eoin Keary - Security Boot camp

Venue Address: Morgan McKinley, Connaught House, No.1 Burlington Road, Dublin 4 (off the canal, across from the Mespil Hotel. On the second floor.)
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Security Boot Camp
Eoin Keary – CTO BCC Risk Advisory

Eoin was on the international board of OWASP, the Open Web Application Security Project from 2009-2015 and during his time in OWASP he has lead the OWASP Testing and Security Code Review Guides and also contributed to OWASP SAMM, OWASP CISO Guide and the OWASP Cheat Sheet Series.

Eoin is a well-known technical leader in industry in the area of software security and penetration testing, and has led global security engagements for some of the world's largest financial services and consumer products companies. He is the CTO and founder of BCC Risk Advisory which deliver professional security services and edgescan.com, a managed cloud-based SaaS, web vulnerability service.

Abstract:

All - Please join us for a free security boot camp.....

OWASP is hosting a special FREE security boot camp for all Owasp members and local developers. The training is recommended for developers who want to learn more about securing their code. Presented by Eoin Keary, this intensive boot camp focuses on the most common web application security problems, including aspects of both the OWASP Top Ten and the MITRE Top 25. The course will introduce and demonstrate application security techniques, illustrating how application vulnerabilities can be exploited so students really understand how to avoid introducing such vulnerabilities in their code and understand fixes.

Any questions please contact me on owen.pendlebury(at)owasp.org
-- Owen Pendlebury
OWASP Ireland-Dublin Chapter Lead

OWASP Dublin Chapter Event – Jason Flood (IBM) & Paul Mooney (Free Lance)

Venue Address: Charlemount Place, Dublin 2
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Understanding cyber gaps in the human
Jason Flood – Ethical Hacker IBM

Abstract:

A Capture the Flag tournament, also known as a CTF is a framework often found at conferences such as IRISS, OWASP, Blackhat and many more. For the last number of years as part of my PhD research I have been creating CTF frameworks that operate at local, national and international levels, some of you may have played them or at least seen them, and looking at the results.   These CTF events were built using a variety of architectures, network topologies and programming languages. The challenges they presented also varied both in complexity of exploit and potential organisational damage if exploited.

Today we see attack know-how and attacker tools being freely traded on the internet, enabling hackers and exposing organisations to an even greater communal risk. Arguably it can be said that every organisation no matter the size needs a business plan.  If that business has an online footprint, then a part of that plan needs to focus on it's own cyber risk profile.

Join us to explore how CTF applied methodologies can be used as part of business decisions around resource management, defensive technology solutions, defect management and other aspects of business activities that are associated with operating in a hostile environment such as the internet.

The Encrypted Token Pattern CSRF Defence

'Paul Mooney – Freelance, Ryanair Labs, insidethecpu.com

I’m the creator of the Encrypted Token Pattern and ARMOR, its .NET implementation. I specialise in taking apart problems, designing solutions, and providing those solutions as downloadable software frameworks, available under the MIT License. I’m a Software Architect, happiest when designing solutions to problems from a conceptual point-of-view, while getting my hands dirty assembling the nuts and bolts. For that reason, I try to avoid titles; if I had to brand myself, I’m a Technology Consultant. I’m most accomplished in C# in terms of language, however I’m also very proficient in JavaScript, Java, and Google Go. I’m a software-development mentor, and enjoy guiding teams of engineers toward effective technology-driven solutions to real-world problems.

Abstract:

The Encrypted Token Pattern is a defence mechanism against Cross Site Request Forgery (CSRF) attacks, and is an alternative to its sister-patterns; Synchroniser Token, and Double Submit Cookie. This article discusses the merits and means of implementing this defence mechanism in web-based applications.

Brief Description The Encrypted Token Pattern The Encrypted Token Pattern leverages a single token, as opposed to dual tokens, and offers a more narrow scope of failure than alternative CSRF protection patterns.

Leveraging the Encrypted Token Pattern The Advanced Resilient Mode of Recognition (ARMOR) is a C# implementation of the Encrypted Token Pattern, available on GitHub under the MIT license that provides a means of protecting ASP.NET applications from CSRF attacks, by leveraging the Encrypted Token Pattern. A Java equivalent of ARMOR is under construction and will be available soon.

ARMOR ARMOR is a framework composed of interconnecting components exposed through custom web- handlers. ARMOR is essentially an advanced encryption and hashing mechanism, leveraging the Rijndael encryption standard, and SHA256 hashing by default.

Any questions please contact me on owen.pendlebury(at)owasp.org
-- Owen Pendlebury
OWASP Ireland-Dublin Chapter Lead

OWASP Dublin Chapter Event - Denim Group - Dan Cornell & John Dickson

Venue Address: Morgan McKinley, Connaught House, No.1 Burlington Road, Dublin 4 (off the canal, across from the Mespil Hotel. On the second floor.)
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Managing Your Application Security Program with the ThreadFix Ecosystem
Dan Cornell – Denim Group - (https://www.linkedin.com/in/dancornell)

A globally recognized application security expert, Dan Cornell holds over 15 years of experience architecting, developing and securing web-based software systems. As Chief Technology Officer and Principal at Denim Group, Ltd., he leads the technology team to help Fortune 500 companies and government organizations integrate security throughout the development process. Cornell is an active member of the development community and a sought-after speaker on topics of web application security, speaking at international conferences including RSA Security Conference, OWASP AppSec USA and EU and Black Hat Arsenal.

Abstract:

ThreadFix is an open source application vulnerability management system that helps automate many common application security tasks and integrate security and development tools. This tutorial will walk through the capabilities of the ecosystem of ThreadFix applications, showing how ThreadFix can be used to: Manage a risk-ranked application portfolio Consolidate, normalize and de-duplicate the results of DAST, SAST, IAST and other application security testing activities and track these results over time to produce trending and mean-time-to-fix reporting Convert application vulnerabilities into software defects in developer issue tracking systems Pre-seed DAST scanners such as OWASP ZAP with application attack surface data to allow for better scan coverage Instrument developer Continuous Integration (CI) systems such as Jenkins to automatically collect security test data Map the results of SAST and DAST scanning into developer IDEs The presentation walks through these scenarios and demonstrates how ThreadFix, along with other open source tools, can be used to address common problems faced by teams implementing software security programs. It will also provide insight into the ThreadFix development roadmap and upcoming enhancements.

AppSec Survey 2.0: Fine-Tuning an AppSec Training Program Based on Data

John Dickson – Denim Group (https://www.linkedin.com/pub/john-b-dickson-cissp/0/149/41a)

John Dickson is an internationally recognized security leader, entrepreneur and Principal at Denim Group, Ltd. He has nearly 20 years hands-on experience in intrusion detection, network security and application security in the commercial, public and military sectors. As a Denim Group Principal, he helps executives and Chief Security Officers (CSO’s) of Fortune 500 companies and government organizations launch and expand their critical application security initiatives.

Abstract:

Measuring the effectiveness of any security activity is widely discussed – security leaders debate the topic with a religious fervor rivaling that of any other hot button issue. Virtually every organization has some sort of application security training effort, but data on training effectiveness remains scarce. Last year our research team delivered the first-ever survey that captured developer awareness of secure coding concepts and the impact of formal application security training on a developer’s ability to write secure code. We learned that most software developer were aware of certain application security concepts, yet when asked how to write more secure code, they faired poorly. This year’s 600-developer survey provides more quantitative data on what software developers understand about application security, both concepts and practices. It dives most deeply into awareness of defensive coding practices, which most developers largely did not grasp in the 2013 survey. It also is separates respondents by roles, so we can better understand how architects, developers, and QA staff grasp key application security concepts and put them to work. It better captures how software developers learn in general, so one can tailor any security training effort to how software developers, in practice, actually learn. This information will provide data to application security managers responsible for corporate security training that should allow them to make more fact-based decisions about security training.

Any questions please contact me on owen.pendlebury(at)owasp.org
-- Owen Pendlebury
OWASP Ireland-Dublin Chapter Lead

Venue Address: Morgan McKinley, Connaught House, No.1 Burlington Road, Dublin 4 (off the canal, across from the Mespil Hotel. On the second floor.)
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Leveling up a global application security awareness program
David Rook - Riot Games - (http://ie.linkedin.com/pub/david-rook/3/41a/b1b)

David Rook is a Security Engineer focusing on Application Security at Riot Games in Dublin. David held various application security roles in the financial services industry since 2006 before moving into the computer games industry in early 2014. He has been a contributor to several OWASP projects including the code review guide and the Cryptographic Storage Cheat Sheet. He has presented at leading information security conferences including DEF CON, BlackHat USA and RSA Europe. In addition to his work with OWASP David created a security resource website and blog called Security Ninja.

David strives to practice what he preaches and has backed up his work experience by developing two open source security code review tools called Agnitio and the Windows Phone App Analyser.

Abstract:

The talk will focus on Riot application security awareness and knowledge sharing in a global company. I will talk about the application security awareness efforts we've implemented this year to bring application security knowledge to software engineers worldwide. These awareness efforts were designed to educate and support engineers around the world who work on high profile web properties and one of the worlds most popular computer games.

I will explain how we've used a combination of traditional and innovative approaches to levelling up our software engineers security knowledge.

Security and how it affects Users and Rioters

Mark Hillick Security Dude@Riot Games

Mark is a founder of HackEire, a founding member of IrissCert, the first person in Ireland to achieve the GIAC GSE, and has been stoking a passion for security for 14 years.

Mark leads up the InfoSec team for Riot Games in Europe and is Product Owner of the Security Engineering vertical. Currently he's focused on building a team, engineering cool solutions, levelling the security program, finding the cloud, dealing with DDOS, and trying to earn Silver next year by himself.

Abstract:

The presentation focuses on one of the major security aspects of Android Applications; rooting detection techniques. Many Apps, including (MDM) Mobile Device Management Agents, implements this check in different ways. The aim of the talk is to explore the effectiveness of these checks, with practical examples and explain the impact, in terms of security, of this control being bypassed or not implemented.

A short demo will show the effects of having root permissions on an application when the application thinks you don't.Mark will be discussing his last 18 months at Riot and the increase in attention to security from both a player and Rioter perspective.

Any questions please contact me on owen.pendlebury(at)owasp.org
-- Owen Pendlebury
OWASP Ireland-Dublin Chapter Lead

Venue Address: Morgan McKinley, Connaught House, No.1 Burlington Road, Dublin 4 (off the canal, across from the Mespil Hotel. On the second floor.)
Venue Map: Google Maps
(Registration. Register here)

“Waving not Drowning” – Secure Mobile Development.
Eoin Keary - BCC Risk Advisory - (http://ie.linkedin.com/in/eoinkeary)

OWASP board member since 2009. Elected to position of global Vice Chair, September 2011. A long-time member of OWASP. Based in Dublin and director of BCC Risk Advisory Ltd. Eoin Keary has been with OWASP since 2004. He is based in Ireland and runs a software security practice, bccriskadvisory.com. He is currently on the global board of the OWASP foundation, he was elected to the board in 2009. During this time Eoin assisted in founding the OWASP legal entity in Europe and has helped provide structure to OWASPs finances and strategy.

Abstract:

In this talk Eoin shall discuss aspects of securing mobile apps from a source code standpoint. He shall discuss common pitfalls and associated with developing secure applications, why such issues are important and discuss “war stories” relating to real-world mobile app [in]security.

This talk is suited to anyone involved in developing, managing development or testing mobile applications for security and robustness.

Android rooting detection: how and why?

Giuliano Fasto – Espion – (http://uk.linkedin.com/in/giulianofasto)

Giuliano Fasto is a Security Consultant with more than six years of experience in the IT Security field. He has worked as a Security Consultant and Penetration Tester for well-respected security companies in Italy, the UK and Ireland. His academic background includes a BSc in IT Security and an MSc in Information Security and Audit. While he has a wide-ranging experience in penetration testing various systems and technologies, in recent years he has specialised in mobile application security testing, particularly on Android and iOS platforms. He is currently the lead mobile application tester at Espion.

Abstract:

The presentation focuses on one of the major security aspects of Android Applications; rooting detection techniques. Many Apps, including (MDM) Mobile Device Management Agents, implements this check in different ways. The aim of the talk is to explore the effectiveness of these checks, with practical examples and explain the impact, in terms of security, of this control being bypassed or not implemented.

A short demo will show the effects of having root permissions on an application when the application thinks you don't.

Bazuc - A talk about new types of attacks and vulnerabilities being exploited

Cathal McDaid – AdaptiveMobile - (http://ie.linkedin.com/pub/cathal-mc-daid/3/5b2/b77)

Cathal Mc Daid is Head of Data intelligence & Analytics in Adaptivemobile, and is responsible for a team dedicated to analysing and uncovering new threats to mobile operators and subscribers, using advanced ‘big data’ techniques. Cathal has 14 years experience in telecoms and wireless. Currently he is also Chairman of the GSMA’s Mobile Malware Group - who coordinates the world's response to mobile malware. His academic background includes a BEng in Computer Engineering from UL and an Executive MBA from INSEAD.

Abstract:

Recent discussions and news about mobile malware primarily talk about new types of attacks and vulnerabilities being exploited. However what do you do when a user knowingly infects his handset for monetary gain?. In this presentation we will discuss a new type of mobile bad-ware, that promised and delivered the user money, in exchange for the renting out of his mobile device for unknown purposes. We discuss the app profile, tactics and impacts - on the users, on the network and on the stock market.

OWASP Security Shepherd project

Mark denihan & Sean Duggan IBM (http://ie.linkedin.com/in/markdenihan , http://ie.linkedin.com/in/seankduggan )

Mark is currently working on the IBM Ethical Hacking Team, the OWASP Dublin Board and founded of the OWASP Security Shepherd Project. He got his MSc in Information Security and Digital Forensics in the ITB and a BSc in Computing in the DIT. He also suffers from a love of caffeine and deep paranoia thanks to his extreme security enthusiasm.

Sean has a BSc Computing from Dublin Institute of Technology, currently working in IBM with a passion for Android App Security and Development. He developed an interest in Mobile Application Security after reading about the OWASP Mobile Top Ten Risks in 2012 and has since been keeping up to date with Mobile App Issues. Sean leads the development of the mobile components in the OWASP Security Shepherd project.

Abstract:

The OWASP Security Shepherd project has been designed and implemented with the aim of fostering and improving security awareness among a varied skill¬set demographic.

Security Shepherd covers the OWASP Top Ten web app risks and has recently been injected with totally new content to cover the OWASP Top Ten Mobile risks as well. Many of these levels include insufficient mitigations and protections to these risks, such as blacklist filters, atrocious encoding schemes, barbaric security mechanisms and poor security configuration.

The modules have been crafted to provide not only a challenge for a security novice, but security professionals as well. We're going to speak about the platform itself and what it offers someone wishing to teach or learn about mobile and web application security, such as the project’s anti plagiarism mechanisms or it’s flexible approach in presenting its users with lessons and resources.

CTF

CTF Using the above OWASP Security Shepherd project.

Please bring a laptop with Zed Attack Proxy/ Burp installed

Format for the day will be

9:30-10.00 -- Registration/ Networking
10:00-11:00 -- Speaker 1 50-55mins Talk
11:00-12:00 --Speaker 2 50-55mins Talk
12:00-1:00 -- Speaker 3 50-55mins Talk
1:00-1:50 --Lunch
2:00-6:00 -- Mobile Shepherd talk leading into CTF. Please bring a laptop with Zed Attack Proxy/ Burp installed

Any questions please contact me on owen.pendlebury(at)owasp.org
-- Owen Pendlebury
OWASP Ireland-Dublin Chapter Lead

Venue Address: Morgan McKinley, Connaught House, No.1 Burlington Road, Dublin 4 (off the canal, across from the Mespil Hotel. On the second floor.)
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*"Top 10 Web Hacks of 2013"*

Matt Johansen Sr. Manager for the Threat Research Center at WhiteHat Security

Matt Johansen is a Sr. Manager for the Threat Research Center at WhiteHat Security where he manages a team of Application Security Specialists, Engineers and Supervisors to prevent website security attacks and protect companies' and their customers' data. Before this he was an Application Security Engineer where he oversaw and assessed more than 35,000 web applications that WhiteHat has under contract for many Fortune 500 companies across a range of technologies.

He was previously a security consultant for VerSprite, where he was responsible for performing network and web application penetration tests. Mr. Johansen is also an instructor of Web Application Security at Adelphi University, where he received his Bachelor of Science in Computer Science, and San Jose State University. He has also been utilized by the SANS Institute as an industry expert for certification review.

List of past talks including videos/slides - http://mattjay.github.io/talks/ (BlackHat, DEFCON, RSA, SXSW, Many BSides, etc.

Abstract:

Every year the security community produces a stunning number of new Web hacking techniques that are published in various white papers, blog posts, magazine articles, mailing list emails, conference presentations, etc. Within the thousands of pages are the latest ways to attack websites, Web browsers, Web proxies, and their mobile platform equivalents. Beyond individual vulnerabilities with CVE numbers or system compromises, we are solely focused on new and creative methods of Web-based attack. Now in its eighth year, the Top 10 Web Hacking Techniques list encourages information sharing, provides a centralized knowledge base, and recognizes researchers who contribute excellent work.

In this talk, We will do a technical deep dive and take you through the Top 10 Web Hacks of 2013 as picked by an expert panel of judges.

This year’s winners are:

1 - Mario Heiderich – Mutation XSS
2 - Angelo Prado, Neal Harris, Yoel Gluck – BREACH
3 - Pixel Perfect Timing Attacks with HTML5
4 - Lucky 13 Attack
5 - Weaknesses in RC4
6 - Timur Yunusov and Alexey Osipov – XML Out of Band Data Retrieval
7 - Million Browser Botnet
8 - Large Scale Detection of DOM based XSS
9 - Tor Hidden-Service Passive De-Cloaking
10 - HTML5 Hard Disk Filler™ API

Venue Address: 32 - 34 Castle Street, Dublin 2, Ireland
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Talk 1: *"Top 10 defensive Java developer controls"*

Eoin Keary - BCC Risk Advisory - (http://ie.linkedin.com/in/eoinkeary)

OWASP board member since 2009. Elected to position of global Vice Chair, September 2011. A long time member of OWASP. Based in Dublin and director of BCC Risk Advisory Ltd. Eoin Keary has been with OWASP since 2004. He is based in Ireland and runs a software security practice, bccriskadvisory.com. He is currently on the global board of the OWASP foundation, he was elected to the board in 2009. During this time Eoin assisted in founding the OWASP legal entity in Europe and has helped provide structure to OWASPs finances and strategy.

Abstract:

In this talk Eoin shall go through a list of developer controls in order to help prevent common security vulnerabilities such those focused in the OWASP Top 10 2013. From input validation to contextual output encoding to crypto-secure storage, Eoin shall call out what developers can do to help mitigate such issues. Many of the mitigations are simple and use established API's such that developer need not be security experts and just use core components to help improve their security posture.

Talk 2: *"Social Engineering - The Art of Human Hacking".*

Matej Saksida - Realex Payments - (http://ie.linkedin.com/pub/matej-saksida-cism/20/412/176)

Abstract:

Nowadays if you want to hack a corporation or damage a personal "enemy" fast, Social Engineering techniques work every time and more often than not it works the first time. In this talk Matej shall go through what is social engineering is, types of social engineering and related threats. Matej shall call out practical example how to use Facebook to ruin someone's life and what countermeasures can be used against social engineering attacks.

Venue Address: 32 - 34 Castle Street, Dublin 2, Ireland
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Talk 1: Building a shield of security - Vulnerability Management by the numbers and dumb robots!

Rahim Jina - BCC Risk Advisory

Rahim has been an active member of OWASP since 2008 and has contributed to many projects such as the OWASP Security Code Review Guide and is an ex-board member of the Irish Chapter. Previously Rahim was a senior security consultant at a “big 4” professional services firm and more recently, the head of security for Fonality Inc, a VoIP service provider based in Los Angeles. Rahim is currently a director for BCC Risk Advisory (bccriskadvisory.com), based in Dublin, Ireland. He is also responsible for the security architecture of the edgescan.comvulnerability management solution.

Abstract:

This presentation discusses how builders, breakers and defenders should look at vulnerability management when attempting to keep hackers at bay. We discuss the most common vulnerabilities which are not detected by security tools nor automation but nevertheless are common and can be used to commit real fraud resulting in financial loss. We will see that Web Application Firewalls are ineffective against such attacks and why the only practical solution is to apply a layered approach across all aspects of the SDLC.

Talk 2: "PCI's Changing Environment - What You Need to Know & Why You Need To Know It".

Stephen Scott - Senior Consultant and PCI QSA in Espion's Information Government practice

Stephen Scott, Consultancy Team lead in Espion, is an experienced information security, risk and compliance consultant whose experience spans across many different areas including, PCI DSS, information security, risk management, group internal audit, IT service management and regulatory compliance. Stephen has extensive experience with information security, internal control testing, compliance programmes, information risk management, and process improvement. Stephen has worked across a wide range of industry verticals, including financial, industrial and insurance.

Abstract:

PCI DSS – The Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard sets common requirements for securing payment card information (credit, debit, some gift cards), and lays out a range of controls relating to auditing, scanning and assessment.

This presentation discusses the ever evolving PCI environment, specifically focusing on the changes in the recent release of version 3 of the PCI DSS standard. Stephen will start off by giving a brief background to PCI, including motivators for merchant and service providers to adhere to the standard. In addition to this, the presentation will highlight what security considerations are relevant to application and information security practitioners.

Venue Address: 32 - 34 Castle Street, Dublin 2, Ireland
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(Registration. Register here)

Jeremiah Grossman, founder and CTO of WhiteHat Security, is a world-renowned expert in web application security and a founding member of the Web Application Security Consortium (WASC). At WhiteHat, Mr. Grossman is responsible for web application security R&D and industry evangelism. He is a frequent speaker at industry events including the BlackHat Briefings, ISACA's Networks Security Conference, NASA, ISSA and Defcon.

A trusted media resource, Mr. Grossman has been featured in USA Today, the Washington Post, Information Week, NBC Nightly News, and many others. Mr. Grossman is also a featured expert and frequent contributor on TechTarget'sSearchAppSecurity.com.

OWASP Europe Tour - Dublin 2013

Tuesday 25th June (Training. Info about the training session)
Wednesday 26th June (Conference. Info and registration link for the conference)

• Apart from OWASP's Top 10, most OWASP Projects are not widely used and understood. In most cases this is not due to lack of quality and usefulness of those Document & Tool projects, but due to a lack of understanding of where they fit in an Enterprise's security ecosystem or in the Web Application Development Life-cycle.

• This event aims to change that by providing a selection of mature and enterprise ready projects together with practical examples of how to use them.

OWASP Dublin - Realex Payments Application Security Workshop

Thursday 30th May
(Training. 1:30pm- 5:00pm)
(Talks. 6:00pm - 8:00pm)
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Eoin Keary will be delivering free application security training between 2pm and 5pm on the 30th May. Eoin was the founder of OWASP Ireland and is currently the global vice chair for OWASP (amongst many other things! https://www.owasp.org/index.php/Eoin_Keary). He has delivered application security training to many developers and security professionals around the world and recently delivered a training course to over 400 people at the RSA Conference.

The training will focus on secure application development and why we can't hack ourselves secure. It will be covering why penetration testing on its own does not work approaches to improvement including "knowing what you don't know" and how to measure change.

It will be technical training covering XSS eradication, client side security and browser DOM curiosities.

Talks

The talks will be starting at 6pm in our office and OWASP have arranged two very interesting talks! Diarmaid McManus https://twitter.com/elephant_rb from Realex Payments will be expanding his award winning SecurityBSides London Rookie Track talk https://www.securityninja.co.uk/application-security/securitybsides-london-esp-security-plugin/ to include more details about static analysis approaches and his research and development work on ESP: Security Plugin https://github.com/diarmaid-mcmanus/ESPSecurityPlugin.

Hugh Pearse https://twitter.com/hughpearse will be talking about Low Level Exploits and this looks like it will be a great talk:

“In 2010 Mr Haroon Meer from thinkst.com presented a timeline of memory corruption vulnerabilities and their mitigation techniques dating from 1985 to 2010. In his 35 page publication he referenced almost 150 events in low level information security history. The scope of the presentation "Low Level Exploits" is to explain in detail some of the most significant attacks in from Haroon Meers research. The attacks covered in this presentation include buffer overflows on the stack, heap overflows, integer overflows, format strings, null pointers and ROP chains. This brings us to exploits in the present day where researchers are looking for the successor of the buffer overflow attack, next big exploit.”