The document discusses WordPress security beyond just using security plugins. It emphasizes that WordPress security is often neglected but important, especially for business sites. While security plugins are helpful, a defense-in-depth approach with additional layers of security is recommended. The presentation provides practical advice on prevention, detection of compromises, and steps users can take including regular backups, choosing quality plugins, strong passwords, monitoring, and maintenance. WordPress is a common target because of its popularity and past vulnerabilities. The impacts of breaches on businesses can be significant.
WordPress Security Basics - Melbourne WordPress User MeetupChris Burgess
This presentation covers the basic security topics that those building or hosting your own WordPress website should be aware of. Security is an incredibly broad topic, this is targeted at those who want to hit the ground running.
In the last couple of years, security has become a bigger focus point and it hasn’t been different for WordPress. During this talk, I dive into this a bit more by focusing on our role in making sure that projects are delivered as secure as they can be. This by going over several security issues that were discovered this year and ways how you can prevent yourself.
Understanding word press security wwc-4-7-17Nicholas Batik
WordPress is a powerful tool for presenting your information on the web, but with great power comes great responsibility – and great targets for people intending various criminal intent. This presentation illustrates some of the risks and ways to mitigate them.
Help Jeff manage his WordPress website by accompanying him on a new journey, with the goal of saving time and putting processes into place so he can focus on doing the work he loves.
WordPress Security Basics - Melbourne WordPress User MeetupChris Burgess
This presentation covers the basic security topics that those building or hosting your own WordPress website should be aware of. Security is an incredibly broad topic, this is targeted at those who want to hit the ground running.
In the last couple of years, security has become a bigger focus point and it hasn’t been different for WordPress. During this talk, I dive into this a bit more by focusing on our role in making sure that projects are delivered as secure as they can be. This by going over several security issues that were discovered this year and ways how you can prevent yourself.
Understanding word press security wwc-4-7-17Nicholas Batik
WordPress is a powerful tool for presenting your information on the web, but with great power comes great responsibility – and great targets for people intending various criminal intent. This presentation illustrates some of the risks and ways to mitigate them.
Help Jeff manage his WordPress website by accompanying him on a new journey, with the goal of saving time and putting processes into place so he can focus on doing the work he loves.
Wordpress security best practices - WordCamp Waukesha 2017vdrover
As a popular CMS, WordPress is a common target for hackers and bots alike. In this session, Victor discusses a host of best-practice techniques and corporate security policies that will harden your website against intruders.
These are the slides from my "Active Defense - Helping threat actors hack themselves!" presentation at the 11th Annual Northern Kentucky University Cybersecurity Symposium on 10/12/2018.
Title: Active Defense - Helping threat actors hack themselves!
Abstract:
Have you ever received one of those data breach notification letters in the mail? The short-term amends provided for having your personal data compromised is typically in the form of free short-term credit monitoring services. An entire Information Security industry segment has sprung up around Data Loss Prevention (DLP) aimed at stopping confidential data from being "leaked" out of an organization's boundaries for unauthorized use. What if the data breach perpetrators got a healthy dose of their own medicine instead of your private data? We cannot "hack back" legally today, but perhaps we can lure these malicious threat actors into actually hacking themselves... This presentation covers "Active Defense" techniques designed to frustrate data bandits attempting to steal and ex-filtrate our data.
The focus of this presentation is on actively defending a live public facing website. We begin by covering methods to shield innocent users by protecting them from our active defenses. We take advantage of malicious visitor’s impulse to evade all the rules by setting traps designed to ensnare those attempting to steal our data. The techniques covered involve faking accidental exposure and baiting traps using fictitious files and data too irresistible for cyber thieves to ignore. I then demonstrate deployable techniques used to fight back without launching a single attack.
A number of tools and plugins are already available for the wordpress security audit for your site.
For more visit:https://acodez.in/wordpress-security-audit/
How to Secure your WordPress Website - WordCamp UK 2014Primary Image Ltd
Here’s the slides from my talk on how to secure your WordPress website, which I gave at the WordCamp UK 2014 conference in Bournemouth on 12th July. I shared some security best practices and a few practical tips you can use to help harden your WordPress installation.
See the notes at: http://www.primaryimage.com/2014/07/secure-your-wordpress-website/
Thoughts on Defensive Development for SitecorePINT Inc
Presentation given by Thomas Powell (tpowell@pint.com) and Joe Lima (jlima@port80software.com) - 2-15-2012 covering WebAppSec issues with an emphasis on concerns with the Sitecore CMS platform.
Sorry for any small quirks in slideshare conversion.
Are you a developer who works with PHP? Then this webinar was made for you.
Even though PHP is a simple and practical language, it is easy to make code with the help of unorthodox solutions, also known as "kludges", that can endanger your website.
In this webinar, Jean will explore some examples of PHP coding done incorrectly. Jean will also show you how badly written code is an invitation for hackers to exploit a website.
8 Most Popular Joomla Hacks & How To Avoid ThemSiteGround.com
Slides from a SiteGround webinar by SiteGround Joomla Performance Guru, Daniel Kanchev. He reveals the 8 most common ways a Joomla website can get hacked and what you can do to protect yourself from each of those hacks.
Outdated Extensions & Themes
Vulnerable Extensions & Themes
Stolen or Weak Login Details
Outdated / Vulnerable Server Software
Incorrectly Configured Web Server
Vulnerable Joomla on a Host Server
Incorrect Joomla Permissions
Local PC Malware
The presentation focus on some known and unknown methods of android pentetration testing. I have taken help from many resources which I have mentioned in PPT.
The recent spike of hack attempts on various Joomla sites has made it more urgent than ever to take actions and secure your Joomla in the best possible way. In this webinar the SiteGround Joomla Performance Guru Daniel Kanchev shows the best practices and shares insightful tricks how to protect your Joomla from getting hacked:
- Joomla administrator security settings
- Bullet-proof password tips
- Vulnerable extensions to avoid
- Web application firewall configurations
- Recommended server settings
- Intrusion detection and protection tools
- Disaster recovery plans
A presentation about Lea Verou's book "CSS Secrets", with some examples on codepen.
Content:
- CSS coding tips
- Complex background with background-image and SVG
- Half ellipse
- Pie chart
- Irregular drop shadow
Talk on Securing WordPress site at WordCamp Nepal 2012. I will be covering Top 10 Myths That We Live By and Building Secure WordPress Sites in Simple 10 Steps. Watch Video at http://wordpress.tv/2013/02/26/sakin-shrestha-building-secure-wordpress-sites/
Identifying a Compromised WordPress SiteChris Burgess
This talk was originally delivered at the Melbourne WordPress Developer Meetup in July 2016. Rather than the common talks on hardening and prevention, this presentation covered how you can identify a WordPress website is compromised, and some of the early warning signs.
Wordpress security best practices - WordCamp Waukesha 2017vdrover
As a popular CMS, WordPress is a common target for hackers and bots alike. In this session, Victor discusses a host of best-practice techniques and corporate security policies that will harden your website against intruders.
These are the slides from my "Active Defense - Helping threat actors hack themselves!" presentation at the 11th Annual Northern Kentucky University Cybersecurity Symposium on 10/12/2018.
Title: Active Defense - Helping threat actors hack themselves!
Abstract:
Have you ever received one of those data breach notification letters in the mail? The short-term amends provided for having your personal data compromised is typically in the form of free short-term credit monitoring services. An entire Information Security industry segment has sprung up around Data Loss Prevention (DLP) aimed at stopping confidential data from being "leaked" out of an organization's boundaries for unauthorized use. What if the data breach perpetrators got a healthy dose of their own medicine instead of your private data? We cannot "hack back" legally today, but perhaps we can lure these malicious threat actors into actually hacking themselves... This presentation covers "Active Defense" techniques designed to frustrate data bandits attempting to steal and ex-filtrate our data.
The focus of this presentation is on actively defending a live public facing website. We begin by covering methods to shield innocent users by protecting them from our active defenses. We take advantage of malicious visitor’s impulse to evade all the rules by setting traps designed to ensnare those attempting to steal our data. The techniques covered involve faking accidental exposure and baiting traps using fictitious files and data too irresistible for cyber thieves to ignore. I then demonstrate deployable techniques used to fight back without launching a single attack.
A number of tools and plugins are already available for the wordpress security audit for your site.
For more visit:https://acodez.in/wordpress-security-audit/
How to Secure your WordPress Website - WordCamp UK 2014Primary Image Ltd
Here’s the slides from my talk on how to secure your WordPress website, which I gave at the WordCamp UK 2014 conference in Bournemouth on 12th July. I shared some security best practices and a few practical tips you can use to help harden your WordPress installation.
See the notes at: http://www.primaryimage.com/2014/07/secure-your-wordpress-website/
Thoughts on Defensive Development for SitecorePINT Inc
Presentation given by Thomas Powell (tpowell@pint.com) and Joe Lima (jlima@port80software.com) - 2-15-2012 covering WebAppSec issues with an emphasis on concerns with the Sitecore CMS platform.
Sorry for any small quirks in slideshare conversion.
Are you a developer who works with PHP? Then this webinar was made for you.
Even though PHP is a simple and practical language, it is easy to make code with the help of unorthodox solutions, also known as "kludges", that can endanger your website.
In this webinar, Jean will explore some examples of PHP coding done incorrectly. Jean will also show you how badly written code is an invitation for hackers to exploit a website.
8 Most Popular Joomla Hacks & How To Avoid ThemSiteGround.com
Slides from a SiteGround webinar by SiteGround Joomla Performance Guru, Daniel Kanchev. He reveals the 8 most common ways a Joomla website can get hacked and what you can do to protect yourself from each of those hacks.
Outdated Extensions & Themes
Vulnerable Extensions & Themes
Stolen or Weak Login Details
Outdated / Vulnerable Server Software
Incorrectly Configured Web Server
Vulnerable Joomla on a Host Server
Incorrect Joomla Permissions
Local PC Malware
The presentation focus on some known and unknown methods of android pentetration testing. I have taken help from many resources which I have mentioned in PPT.
The recent spike of hack attempts on various Joomla sites has made it more urgent than ever to take actions and secure your Joomla in the best possible way. In this webinar the SiteGround Joomla Performance Guru Daniel Kanchev shows the best practices and shares insightful tricks how to protect your Joomla from getting hacked:
- Joomla administrator security settings
- Bullet-proof password tips
- Vulnerable extensions to avoid
- Web application firewall configurations
- Recommended server settings
- Intrusion detection and protection tools
- Disaster recovery plans
A presentation about Lea Verou's book "CSS Secrets", with some examples on codepen.
Content:
- CSS coding tips
- Complex background with background-image and SVG
- Half ellipse
- Pie chart
- Irregular drop shadow
Talk on Securing WordPress site at WordCamp Nepal 2012. I will be covering Top 10 Myths That We Live By and Building Secure WordPress Sites in Simple 10 Steps. Watch Video at http://wordpress.tv/2013/02/26/sakin-shrestha-building-secure-wordpress-sites/
Identifying a Compromised WordPress SiteChris Burgess
This talk was originally delivered at the Melbourne WordPress Developer Meetup in July 2016. Rather than the common talks on hardening and prevention, this presentation covered how you can identify a WordPress website is compromised, and some of the early warning signs.
A Guide To Secure WordPress Website – A Complete Guide.pdfHost It Smart
Find out the comprehensive guide of best tricks to secure your WordPress website & create a strong wall of security for protection. Let’s Secure it today!
Website security is serious business. Knowing how to maximise your WordPress security can be the difference in losing your business or ruining your reputation. The rise in compromised websites has (and in my opinion will always) increase due to the nature of the Internet’s popularity and the demand from consumerism.
Simple word press security tricks to keep your website secureSeo Brainmine
BrainMine is a top web design company in Pune with a diverse clientele spread worldwide. The decade-old digital marketing and web design company in Pune ensures website security across various CMSs, including WordPress.
Talk on threats to database security. The title is, of course, deadly serious. Wile E. Coyote & other experts on correctness & security are enlisted to help make key points.
Protect Your WordPress From The Inside OutSiteGround.com
The recent spike of hack attempts on various WordPress sites has made it more urgent than ever to take actions and secure your WordPress in the best possible way. In this webinar the WebDevStudios founders show the best practices and share insightful tricks how to protect your WordPress from getting hacked:
- WordPress Security Threats & Trends
- WordPress Admin Security Settings
- Securing Files, Folders & Databases
- Bullet Proof Passwords
- Vulnerable WordPress Extensions
- Recommended Plugins & Services
Finding Security a Home in a DevOps WorldShannon Lietz
Presented this talk at DevOps Summit in 2015 to a DevOps community. Discovered that security is new to most DevOps teams and this was a very good discussion.
So you wanna be a pentester - free webinar to show you howJoe McCray
I’ll be covering things like:
- Some of the various types of penetration testing jobs
- Education/Certification/Experience/Skill requirements
- Should I have a degree – if so what type?
- Should I have certifications – if so which ones?
- Should I have work experience – if so what type?
- What skills should I have prior to applying?
- Do I need to be a good programmer?
- Where can I get these skills if I’m not currently working in the field?
- Security clearance requirements
- What are good key words to use when searching IT job sites for pentesting jobs?
- What to expect during the interview process
- I’m not in the US, where can I find pentester work abroad?
- How much money can I expect to make as a pentester?
- The good the bad and the ugly…what the work is actually like day-in and day-out
Presentation to YYC Bloggers Meetup on Plugins and Securing WordPress.
Geared to the beginner/average user. A presentation and discussion about the basic steps to better manage your WordPress site/blog.
WordPress Hardening: Strategies to Secure & Protect Your WebsiteReliqusConsulting
WordPress hardening encompasses strategies and practices to fortify website security, safeguarding against unauthorized access, malware, and cyber threats. This process involves implementing multiple layers of security, such as regular software updates, strong password policies, and the use of security plugins. Techniques include limiting login attempts, employing two-factor authentication, securing file permissions, and utilizing SSL encryption. Additionally, regular backups, careful plugin management, and customizing the .htaccess file for enhanced security measures are crucial steps. By rigorously applying these practices, website owners can significantly reduce vulnerabilities and protect their online presence from attacks.
WordPress Security Implementation Guideline - Presentation for OWASP Romania ...Dan Vasile
This project aims for a unified approach on WordPress security design and implementation. It is definitely more than a checklist, it's a guide for secure implementation and an invitation to consider and to analyze each individual case.
There is a long list of recommended resources for securing aspects of the WordPress implementation. The project is aimed to offer open source or free resources instead of commercial ones. Some plugins have a free version and a paid one that offers extra functionality. In such cases, the focus of the project was on the free version.
There have been some active moves to compromise sites developed in WordPress. These moves by some people have created a fear in WordPress users and making them think about security of WordPress. So in this presentation, Mr. Koirala is trying to convince users that WordPress is secure enough if we deploy it properly.
When you work with a lot of companies scrutinizing their security, you get to see some amazing things. One of the joys of being a commercial security consultant working for big name firms, is that you get to see a lot of innovation and interesting approaches to common problems.
However, as great as this is, the discrete projects you work on are usually a small representation of the overall company. When you look at the company in its entirety, a familiar pattern of weakness begins to reveal itself. While some companies are obviously better than others, the majority of companies are actually weak in remarkably similar ways.
My work in the attacker modeled pentest and enterprise risk assessment realms focuses on looking at a company as a whole. The premise is that, this is what an attacker would do. They won’t just try to attack your quarterly code reviewed main web site, or consumer mobile app. They won’t directly attack your PCI relevant systems to get to customer credit card data. They won’t limit their attacks to those purely against your IT infrastructure. Instead – they’ll look at your entire company, and they will play dirty.
In this session, I’ll focus on the things that plague us all (well most of us), and I’ll offer some simple advice for how to try and tackle each of these areas:
– Weaknesses in Physical Security
– Susceptibility to Phishing
– Vulnerability Management Immaturity
– Weaknesses in Authentication
– Poor Network Segmentation
– Loose Data Access Control
– Terrible Host / Network Visibility
– Unwise Procurement & Security Spending Decisions
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Getting Started with Google Data StudioChris Burgess
Presented at the Melbourne SEO Meetup in September 2019, this slide deck offers a broad overview of the Google Data Studio product. It includes a walk through of the main features, resources to help you learn more, as well as some tips to help you with your own custom dashboards and reports.
These slides are from a talk given at the Melbourne WordPress Meetup in November 2018. The topic was WordPress Hosting Basics, although not all of the content is WordPress specific, covering general topics such as DNS, security and performance.
Yoast SEO is the most popular choice for doing some of the heavy lifting when optimising your site for search engines and social platforms. With millions of active installs, most WordPress sites are using this plugin, but like all good tools, you still need to use it correctly and put in the work yourself to see results.
This talk was delivered at the Melbourne WordPress Meetup in March 2018, I covered what's new in the latest release of Yoast SEO, as well as the fundamental areas you need to focus on to ensure you content can be found in the search engines.
Bootstrapping eCommerce with WordPress and WooCommerceChris Burgess
An overview of WordPress eCommerce, with a focus on the popular option - WooCommerce. I cover some of the basics, common extensions, and where to get help.
This is a slide deck from a talk I gave at the Melbourne WordPress Meetup about SSL/HTTPS. It covers the basics on what it SSL is, if you should be using it, and how to enable it on your WordPress site.
This talk was initially delivered at the Melbourne WordPress User Meetup. With tens of thousands of choices for WordPress users and developers, choosing the right theme is an important decision to make when working on any WordPress project. Theme choice impacts on not only design and UX, but also usability, accessibility, performance and more.
WordPress SEO Tips from a talk given at the Melbourne SEO Meetup in April 2016. It was delivered in person, and also via a webinar via an SEMrush online event.
A basic overview of Accelerated Mobile Pages, Instant Articles and Apple News technologies - along with the steps on enabling and configuring AMP on a WordPress website. This talk was initially presented at the Melbourne SEO Meetup on the 1st of March 2016.
This is a short slide deck delivered at an event that was part of Melbourne Spring Fashion Week called Fashion Forward. The aim was to help fashion bloggers learn about the benefits of SEO and get their blogs found.
WordPress SEO Basics - Melbourne WordPress MeetupChris Burgess
The slide deck from an introduction to WordPress SEO, covering basic search engine optimization, onsite and offsite factors, keyword/topic and content strategy, WordPress SEO by Yoast and a few recommendations to help people learn more about SEO in general.
WordPress Menus - Melbourne User MeetupChris Burgess
Menus aren't the most exciting topic, but they're a critical component of any successful website. In this slide deck from the Melbourne WordPress User Meetup, I cover all of the basics for creating and managing menus in WordPress, along with a few tips and handy plugins.
WordPress Themes Demystified was presented at the Melbourne WordPress Meetup in November 2014. It covers the very basics for newcomers and then digs a little deeper referencing some useful resources and tools for developers.
In this presentation we cover the details of installing WordPress, go over common problems and talk about the importance of maintaining your website and basic website security.
WordPress, Domain Names and Web Hosting BasicsChris Burgess
In this presentation we cover the difference between WordPress.com and WordPress.org. We then move on to some tips on how to choose and register a good domain name as well as finding the right hosting provider.
Introduction to SEO and SEO for WordPressChris Burgess
A presentation on SEO, WordPress and SEO Tools from the Melbourne WordPress Meetup, October 2013. Presented by Chris Burgess, Peter Mead and Michael Jones.
Essentials of Automations: Optimizing FME Workflows with ParametersSafe Software
Are you looking to streamline your workflows and boost your projects’ efficiency? Do you find yourself searching for ways to add flexibility and control over your FME workflows? If so, you’re in the right place.
Join us for an insightful dive into the world of FME parameters, a critical element in optimizing workflow efficiency. This webinar marks the beginning of our three-part “Essentials of Automation” series. This first webinar is designed to equip you with the knowledge and skills to utilize parameters effectively: enhancing the flexibility, maintainability, and user control of your FME projects.
Here’s what you’ll gain:
- Essentials of FME Parameters: Understand the pivotal role of parameters, including Reader/Writer, Transformer, User, and FME Flow categories. Discover how they are the key to unlocking automation and optimization within your workflows.
- Practical Applications in FME Form: Delve into key user parameter types including choice, connections, and file URLs. Allow users to control how a workflow runs, making your workflows more reusable. Learn to import values and deliver the best user experience for your workflows while enhancing accuracy.
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We’ll wrap up with a glimpse into future webinars, followed by a Q&A session to address your specific questions surrounding this topic.
Don’t miss this opportunity to elevate your FME expertise and drive your projects to new heights of efficiency.
Accelerate your Kubernetes clusters with Varnish CachingThijs Feryn
A presentation about the usage and availability of Varnish on Kubernetes. This talk explores the capabilities of Varnish caching and shows how to use the Varnish Helm chart to deploy it to Kubernetes.
This presentation was delivered at K8SUG Singapore. See https://feryn.eu/presentations/accelerate-your-kubernetes-clusters-with-varnish-caching-k8sug-singapore-28-2024 for more details.
State of ICS and IoT Cyber Threat Landscape Report 2024 previewPrayukth K V
The IoT and OT threat landscape report has been prepared by the Threat Research Team at Sectrio using data from Sectrio, cyber threat intelligence farming facilities spread across over 85 cities around the world. In addition, Sectrio also runs AI-based advanced threat and payload engagement facilities that serve as sinks to attract and engage sophisticated threat actors, and newer malware including new variants and latent threats that are at an earlier stage of development.
The latest edition of the OT/ICS and IoT security Threat Landscape Report 2024 also covers:
State of global ICS asset and network exposure
Sectoral targets and attacks as well as the cost of ransom
Global APT activity, AI usage, actor and tactic profiles, and implications
Rise in volumes of AI-powered cyberattacks
Major cyber events in 2024
Malware and malicious payload trends
Cyberattack types and targets
Vulnerability exploit attempts on CVEs
Attacks on counties – USA
Expansion of bot farms – how, where, and why
In-depth analysis of the cyber threat landscape across North America, South America, Europe, APAC, and the Middle East
Why are attacks on smart factories rising?
Cyber risk predictions
Axis of attacks – Europe
Systemic attacks in the Middle East
Download the full report from here:
https://sectrio.com/resources/ot-threat-landscape-reports/sectrio-releases-ot-ics-and-iot-security-threat-landscape-report-2024/
Key Trends Shaping the Future of Infrastructure.pdfCheryl Hung
Keynote at DIGIT West Expo, Glasgow on 29 May 2024.
Cheryl Hung, ochery.com
Sr Director, Infrastructure Ecosystem, Arm.
The key trends across hardware, cloud and open-source; exploring how these areas are likely to mature and develop over the short and long-term, and then considering how organisations can position themselves to adapt and thrive.
Dev Dives: Train smarter, not harder – active learning and UiPath LLMs for do...UiPathCommunity
💥 Speed, accuracy, and scaling – discover the superpowers of GenAI in action with UiPath Document Understanding and Communications Mining™:
See how to accelerate model training and optimize model performance with active learning
Learn about the latest enhancements to out-of-the-box document processing – with little to no training required
Get an exclusive demo of the new family of UiPath LLMs – GenAI models specialized for processing different types of documents and messages
This is a hands-on session specifically designed for automation developers and AI enthusiasts seeking to enhance their knowledge in leveraging the latest intelligent document processing capabilities offered by UiPath.
Speakers:
👨🏫 Andras Palfi, Senior Product Manager, UiPath
👩🏫 Lenka Dulovicova, Product Program Manager, UiPath
UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series, part 3DianaGray10
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Topics covered:
UI automation Introduction,
UI automation Sample
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Deepak Rai, Automation Practice Lead, Boundaryless Group and UiPath MVP
Builder.ai Founder Sachin Dev Duggal's Strategic Approach to Create an Innova...Ramesh Iyer
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Paper presented at SYNERGY workshop at AVI 2024, Genoa, Italy. 3rd June 2024
https://alandix.com/academic/papers/synergy2024-epistemic/
As machine learning integrates deeper into human-computer interactions, the concept of epistemic interaction emerges, aiming to refine these interactions to enhance system adaptability. This approach encourages minor, intentional adjustments in user behaviour to enrich the data available for system learning. This paper introduces epistemic interaction within the context of human-system communication, illustrating how deliberate interaction design can improve system understanding and adaptation. Through concrete examples, we demonstrate the potential of epistemic interaction to significantly advance human-computer interaction by leveraging intuitive human communication strategies to inform system design and functionality, offering a novel pathway for enriching user-system engagements.
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Link to video recording: https://bnctechforum.ca/sessions/selling-digital-books-in-2024-insights-from-industry-leaders/
Presented by BookNet Canada on May 28, 2024, with support from the Department of Canadian Heritage.
LF Energy Webinar: Electrical Grid Modelling and Simulation Through PowSyBl -...DanBrown980551
Do you want to learn how to model and simulate an electrical network from scratch in under an hour?
Then welcome to this PowSyBl workshop, hosted by Rte, the French Transmission System Operator (TSO)!
During the webinar, you will discover the PowSyBl ecosystem as well as handle and study an electrical network through an interactive Python notebook.
PowSyBl is an open source project hosted by LF Energy, which offers a comprehensive set of features for electrical grid modelling and simulation. Among other advanced features, PowSyBl provides:
- A fully editable and extendable library for grid component modelling;
- Visualization tools to display your network;
- Grid simulation tools, such as power flows, security analyses (with or without remedial actions) and sensitivity analyses;
The framework is mostly written in Java, with a Python binding so that Python developers can access PowSyBl functionalities as well.
What you will learn during the webinar:
- For beginners: discover PowSyBl's functionalities through a quick general presentation and the notebook, without needing any expert coding skills;
- For advanced developers: master the skills to efficiently apply PowSyBl functionalities to your real-world scenarios.
2. About This Presentation
• WordPress security is an often neglected topic, and with WordPress being
used for more complex and business-critical sites, it needs to be treated far
more seriously.
• It’s not uncommon to hear comments like “just install a security plugin and it’ll
be right!“. Security plugins and services are a step in the right direction, but
there are many other steps you can take to keep your site secure.
• In this presentation, Chris will provide some practical advice on how you can
add additional layers of security to your WordPress website.
About This Presentation
• WordPress security is an often neglected topic, and with
WordPress being used for more complex and business-
critical sites, it needs to be treated far more seriously.
• It’s not uncommon to hear comments like “just install a
security plugin and it’ll be right!“. Security plugins and
services are a step in the right direction, but there are many
other steps you can take to keep your site secure.
• In this presentation, Chris will provide some practical advice
on how you can add additional layers of security to your
WordPress website.
3. Overview
• Who Is This Guy?
• Why Should I Care?
• How Sites Are Compromised
• Prevention
• Practical Detection
• What Can You Do?
• Further Resources
4. Who Is This Guy?
• Chris Burgess
• Passionate about web development, security and digital
marketing
• Passionate about keeping up-to-date with the latest web
technologies
7. Not Everyone Loves Security But Everyone Should
Care About It.
• Are you a WordPress developer?
• Do you have your own WordPress site?
• Do you manage WordPress sites for your clients?
If you answered ”Yes” to any of the above questions, then you should factor
WordPress security practices into your workflow.
8. Security Is Not Absolute. It’s About
Risks And Managing The Risks.
It’s all about context…
9. “Security is not a product, security is a
process"
Bruce Schneier
11. Don’t Wait Until You See Something Like This Before
You Care.
https://www.google.com/webmasters/hacked/
12. Be Proactive. Not Just Reactive.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1388660/Mississippi-River-flooding-Residents-build-homemade-dams-saves-houses.html
13. There Is No Such Thing As Absolute
Security But You Can Reduce Risks
15. Common Myths And Misconceptions
“WordPress sites always get hacked.”
“No one is interested in attacking my site.”
“I’ve got nothing valuable for anyone to steal.”
“Security is not my problem, my host/developer/plugin takes care
of security for me.”
16.
17. Attackers
• A person or group who’s trying to attack your site
• It may personal, but the majority of the time, you’re just a victim of opportunity
• Typically, your website is just one faceless entity on a massive list of
sites/addresses being scanned and probed.
• Mostly motivated by economic gain
18. They Can Do It Via…
OUT OF DATE OR VULNERABLE THEMES
OUT OF DATE OR VULNERABLE PLUGINS
OUT OF DATE VERSION OF WORDPRESS
INTEGRATIONS
POOR PROCESSES
BAD PASSWORDS AND
PASSWORD MANAGEMENT
MISCONFIGURATION
HUMAN ERROR
41. “Most successful WordPress hack attacks
are typically the result of human error, be
human error, be it a configuration error or
configuration error or failing to maintain
maintain WordPress, such as keeping
keeping core and all plugins up to date, or
to date, or installing insecure plugins etc.”
plugins etc.”
- Robert Abela (@robertabela)
42. What Are The Impacts On Businesses?
• Loss in revenue and customers
• Cost of professional help, your time & resources
• Potential legal and compliance issues
• Affects brand reputation
• Compromise to your visitors
• Loss of trust and confidence amongst clients
IMPACTS BOTTOM LINE
DAMAGE TO REPUTATION
STRESS ON TEAM
TECHNICAL ISSUES
• Causes you unnecessary stress dealing with it
• Causes stress to your team
• Causes stress to colleagues and clients
• Domain & IP reputation, website blacklisting & email deliverability
• SEO and SEM impacts
• Downtime and outages
46. "Is Penetration Testing Worth it? There are two reasons
why you might want to conduct a penetration test. One,
you want to know whether a certain vulnerability is
present because you're going to fix it if it is. And two,
you need a big, scary report to persuade your boss to
spend more money. If neither is true, I'm going to save
you a lot of money by giving you this free penetration
test: You’re vulnerable. Now, go do something useful
about it."
-- Bruce Schneier
http://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2007/05/is_penetration.htm
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48. Defense In Depth
“While we boast the idea of employing a defense in depth strategy in the design
of our offering, we can’t say it’s the only defense in depth strategy an
organization will need. The strategy involves much more than our tools. Instead,
we say that we are a complementary solution to your existing security posture
and we encourage you to use any other tools you require to round out your
defensive position.”
Sucuri
52. Defense In Depth
• We can't talk about WordPress security without talking about the other layers.
• While more layers help secure our assets, they also introduce other issues
such as complacency and a false sense of security.
• UX, additional security measures can be cumbersome to manage. (that said,
I'd rather manage these issues than deal with a security incident)
54. Tools
• You can’t rely only on tools, they won’t always detect a compromise.
• Most WordPress security tools work by using signatures.
• Scanning your site with online tools work only if your site has active malware,
is defaced or blacklisted.
• If a site has been compromised, it cannot be trusted.
58. 1500+ Files In A Default WordPress Installation –
Excluding Themes & Plugins.
• WordPress relies on a many popular Open Source libraries (as does most
software).
• Here are a few of the most common ones:
• jQuery
• jQuery Masonry
• jQuery Hotkeys
• jQuery Suggest
• jQuery Form
• jQuery Color
• jQuery Migrate
• jQuery Schedule
• jQuery UI
• Backbone
• colorpicker
• hoverIntent
• SWFObject
• TinyMCE
• Atom Lib
• Text Diff
• SimplePie
• Pomo
• ID3
• Snoopy
• PHPMailer
• POP3 Class
• PHPass
• PemFTP
59. Isolation
• Look out for a shared web root, “addon” domains in cPanel, other web apps in
subfolders.
64. A Word On Staging/Test Environments
• While it’s never been easier to clone, copy, spin-up a new instance of an
environment, it’s also never been easier to lose track and manage these
environments.
• In many respects, these are softer targets than your production sites, so make
sure they’re protected.
65. Checking Content
• You can check your site from both a back end and front end perspective, this
is particularly useful since malware will use measures to hide its existence
• Grep for server side
• ScreamingFrog for crawling Internet facing (rendered) content
66. If The Server Has Been Compromised,
It Cannot Be Trusted.
75. Security issues typically occur because of certain
patterns. Cleaning, restoring or rebuilding doesn’t
address that. Compromised sites are much more likely
to become compromised again. Get everyone on board
to take security seriously.
76. What Can You Do?
• Establish basic processes
• Practice the principle of least privilege (POLP)
• Take backups seriously
• Be ruthless with your Plugin choices
• Maintain
• Monitor
• Choose a good host
90. Just Because…
• We don’t rely ONLY on security plugins doesn’t mean we shouldn’t use
them…
• Sucuri, Wordfence, iThemes Security etc. are all excellent choices. Learn to
use them effectively.
• For high value assets, I’d highly recommend paying for a premium licence.
95. Places to Learn about General Web App Security
• OWASP (global): https://www.owasp.org/index.php/Main_Page
• OWASP Melbourne: https://www.meetup.com/Application-Security-OWASP-
Melbourne/
98. Chris Burgess ∙ @chrisburgess ∙ https://chrisburgess.com.au/
Thanks/Questions?
Editor's Notes
Malware Family
Backdoor - Files used to reinfect and retain access.
Malware - Generic term used for browser-side code used to create drive by downloads.
SPAM-SEO - Compromise that targets a website’s SEO.
HackTool - Exploit or DDOS tools used to attack other sites.
Defaced - Hacks that leave a website’s homepage unusable and promoting an unrelated
subject (i.e., Hacktavism).
Phishing - Used in phishing lures in which attackers attempt to trick users into sharing
sensitive information (i.e., log in information, credit card data, etc..).
Malware Family
Backdoor - Files used to reinfect and retain access.
Malware - Generic term used for browser-side code used to create drive by downloads.
SPAM-SEO - Compromise that targets a website’s SEO.
HackTool - Exploit or DDOS tools used to attack other sites.
Defaced - Hacks that leave a website’s homepage unusable and promoting an unrelated
subject (i.e., Hacktavism).
Phishing - Used in phishing lures in which attackers attempt to trick users into sharing
sensitive information (i.e., log in information, credit card data, etc..).