The modern web would be grossly incomplete without JavaScript. While the dev world is using JS to build more user friendly, experience rich, responsive and fast web applications, hackers have been using JavaScript on a parallel trail using the same programming principles as the devs to break implmentations, attack users and servers alike. In this very “informally fun” (TM) talk, filled with examples and demos, we will see how hackers (mis)use the constructs available within JavaScript/ECMAScript to go beyond XSS and automate vulnerability discovery, attack seemingly secure endpoints, exploit weaknesses in implementation and break user trust for profit and for fun. The key takeways for attendees from this talk would be:
– Understanding how attackers see and use JavaScript – Introduction to attacks and techniques/usage of JS beyond the standard XSS – How JavaScript can be used as a powerful weapon in the discovery and exploitation of vulnerabilities. EVENT: JSFOO 2019 SPEAKER: Riyaz Walikar PUBLICATION PERMISSIONS: Original video was published with the Creative Commons Attribution license (reuse allowed). ATTRIBUTION CREDITS: Original video source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_KLm7dvhGJw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gv1SEzJGeu4

Technology changes quickly. In the past 25 years we’ve moved from accessing the internet over slow dial-up modems using slow desktop computers to having always-connected mobile supercomputers in our pockets to entirely new virtual and augmented reality experiences. However, through all of this rapid change the human brain has continued to operate the same way it has for millennia, and it’s important for us to understand how we perceive, understand, and behave within the world around us – even the digital worlds we inhabit daily. We can create better products, services, and experiences based on core psychological principles and theories enabling us to identify, define, and frame problems more effectively. Dave will use a model of perception, cognition, motivation, emotion, and behaviour to help us understand a wide range of diverse challenges that go beyond interface design and interaction to include context, communication, culture, humour, and more. EVENT: fitc 2019 Check out all our events http://fitc.ca https://twitter.com/fitc SPEAKER: David Hogue UX Design Lead, Google https://twitter.com/davehogue PUBLICATION PERMISSIONS: Conference organizer provided Coding Tech with the permission to republish this video. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gxVW3G0DMRM

What math should you know to become a better C++ programmer, and how can you use C++ to become better at math? Let’s revisit some basic facts about numbers known since antiquity and taught to us in school a long time ago, but from a modern C++ programmer’s perspective! EVENT: StockholmCpp #23 2019 SPEAKER: Petter Holmberg PUBLICATION PERMISSIONS: Original video was published with the Creative Commons Attribution license (reuse allowed). ATTRIBUTION CREDITS: Original video source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mjEI7pO62PM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EvMY50v15KE