GOTO is a vendor independent international software development conference with more that 90 top speaker and 1300 attendees. The conference cover topics such as .Net, Java, Open Source, Agile, Architecture and Design, Web, Cloud, New Languages and Processes

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Anders Skovsgaard, Creator of the online scanner Hackavoid.dk

Anders Skovsgaard

Biography: Anders Skovsgaard

Anders Skovsgaard is the founder of Hackavoid, a company that offers cloud-based automated security scanning of web-sites. He is specialised in web security and during the last 10 years, while completing a Masters in Computer Science, he has been working as a consultant for a large number of companies, e.g., banks, ISPs, news medias, gambling- and energy companies. He began the development of the security scanner more than three years ago; a continuous process that never ends. Anders is passionate about state-of-the-art security vulnerabilities and is happy to share his knowledge with hands-on examples.

Currently, he is completing a PhD in the Data-Intensive Systems group at Aarhus University.

Presentation: War Stories, Part 2

Track: War Stories / Time: Monday 12:05 - 13:05 / Location: Room 102 / 103

It is not enough to succeed. Others must fail.

Have you ever had a bug nagging you for half a year? Have you ever been relieved after half a year of on and off debugging when you finally solved a bug? Did you ever reflect on why it took you so long to solve a bug?

In this presentation speakers will reveal how they solved their worst bug. You will experience old and new technical details that you've never heard about. You will get inspired to learn more.

10-15 min. enlightning talks:

War Story 4: Rocking with a JRockit bug 
Speaker: Fredrik Ohrstrom

War Story 5: Hacking my router
Speaker: Anders Skovsgaard

War Story 6: Tracking down a performance problem in Internet Explorer 7 
Speaker: Trisha Gee

Presentation: Web Security Illustrated

Track: Security - common pitfalls / Time: Tuesday 14:05 - 15:05 / Location: Room 202

Money and businesses are becoming increasingly more digital and accessible on the Internet. The criminals follow the money and the users, which makes web security an important subject to address. This talk is about web application security and introduces a number of important up-to-date security vulnerabilities every programmer should address. Live examples are given using real-life and fabricated attacks to demonstrate what the worst case could be if criminals attack an unsecure site.
 
Techniques to discover various vulnerabilities will be demonstrated using standard tools, such as developer tools for browsers and proxies. Finally, the talk will provide an overview of how to prevent the vulnerabilities covered.