1. Wordpress Security 101 Ensuring security through better understanding Developer Brown Bag Session June 17, 2008

3. Know Your Enemy Hacker a hacker is someone involved in computer security / insecurity , specializing in the discovery of exploits in systems (for exploitation or prevention), or in obtaining or preventing unauthorized access to systems through skills, tactics and detailed knowledge. In the most common general form of this usage, "hacker" refers to a black-hat hacker (a malicious or criminal hacker). Wikipedia Developer Brown Bag Session June 17, 2008

4. Know Your Enemy White Hats, Blue Hats, Grey Hats White Hats: Altruistic hackers, hacking for good. Blue Hats: Hackers who hire out to companies to help test sites. Grey Hats: Hackers who’s ethics and reasons for hacking are suspect. Developer Brown Bag Session June 17, 2008

5. Know Your Enemy Black Hats, Script Kiddies, Hactivists Black Hats: Stealing credit cards, etc. Script Kiddies: A script kiddie is a person, usually not an expert in computer security, who breaks into computer systems by using pre-packaged automated tools written by others. Hactivists: Hackers with a political agenda. Think of a PETA supporter hacking “EatBeef.com” Developer Brown Bag Session June 17, 2008

6. Know Your Platform Wordpress Latest Version: 2.5.1 released April 25, 2008 Wordpress is the standard open source blogging platform, and is commonly used as a CMS for sites around the web. From TechCrunch last week: Due to its popularity as a blogging platform, Wordpress has become a prime target for hackers looking to take over blogs for search-engine optimization (SEO) of other sites they control, traffic-redirection and other purposes. Developer Brown Bag Session June 17, 2008

11. Discussion Developer Brown Bag Session June 17, 2008