Manchester

= Next Meeting =

Date: September 11th

Location: PwC

Registration: Via Eventbrite

Schedule: Doors open at 18:00, talks start at 18:30 prompt - please make sure you are there on time.

And please let us know if you book tickets but then cant make it. In the past we have had people who couldnt book on and then had empty seats on the night.

Talk: CVE-2012-2122 - MySQL authentication bypass and code analysis

'''Speaker: Campbell Murray - A UK pen tester & community contributor. Tech Director of Encription Limited, Director and member of the Technical Panel for Tigerscheme'''

Campbell will give a proper tekky talk on CVE-2012-2122, more readily known as the MySQL authentication bypass and code analysis.

Talk: The OWASP Zed Attack Proxy - note this is a change to the previously announced talk.

Speaker: Simon Bennetts - Mozilla Security Team and OWASP ZAP Project Leader

Simon will explain what ZAP is, how you can use it, recently added features and features planned..

Open mic: bring a topic!

Depending how things go theres an optional session where anyone can stand up and talk (or start a discussion) for up to (say) 5 mins about any security topic they like.

You can either put your name forward via the mailing list before hand or just speak up at the meeting.

Its the first time we'll have tried it, so no idea how it will work out, but it sounded like a good idea :)

If you would like to talk at future meetings then please get in touch via the mailing list or one of the chapter leaders.

Everyone is welcome to join us at our chapter meetings.

= Upcoming Events =

November 2012

Please get in touch if you would like to speak at a Manchester event - we would be delighted to hear from you.

Everyone is welcome to join us at our chapter meetings.

= Past Events =

2012 Dates

11th September

30th May

1st February

2011 Dates

16th November

24th August As part of the Leeds Chapter

22nd June As part of the Leeds Chapter

2010 Dates

8th December As part of the Leeds Chapter

= Chapter Leaders =

The chapter leaders are:


 * Simon Bennetts
 * Simon Ward
 * Andy Hornsby-Jones
 * Ben Fountain

We are actively seeking more chapter leaders - please get in touch if you would like to become one!

= Local Organisations =

Other related organisations in the Manchester area:


 * BCS Manchester
 * GeekUp
 * MadLab
 * Manchester Free Software
 * Manchester Linux Users Group
 * Northern UK Security Group
 * North West Digital Communities (NWDC)
 * North West Tester Gathering

Please get in touch with one of the chapter leaders to get your organisation listed here.

And feel free to use the Manchester mailing list to publicise related events.