Security: 2-Factor Auth, Reflected File Downloads & Common Issues
5:30pm Wednesday, Jun 24, 2015

Talks

Two Factor Authentication

Two Factor Authentication, and how to add it to your Rails app using Authy.

Reflected File Download

Reflected file download, a fairly recently identified attack class which causes victims to download attacker-defined files, believing they come from a trusted site. It’s especially common in JSON APIs.

Common Security Issues in Rails

A TL;DR overview of the common security issues in Rails projects and how to avoid them.

Description

Nick Malcolm will be talking about Two Factor Authentication, and how to add it to your rails app using Authy.

Josh Brodie is going to be talking about reflected file download, a fairly recently identified attack class which causes victims to download attacker-defined files, believing they come from a trusted site. It’s especially common in JSON APIs.

Andrew Kampjes is giving a TL;DR overview of the common security issues in Rails projects and how to avoid them.

Doors open at 5:30pm with talks starting around 6pm.

Sponsorship:

Optimal Workshop (http://www.optimalworkshop.com/) is once again sharing their sweet office with us and covering the pizza and drinks. Thanks guys!

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