Jennifer Holland
Digital Security and Forensics Student and Gold Microsoft Learn Student Ambassador
Paisley, United Kingdom
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Jennifer is currently an Honours student in Glasgow, where she studies cybersecurity and digital forensics. She is also the only Gold Microsoft Learn Student Ambassador in Scotland, and part of the team behind Global Azure. She has experience using various ethical hacking and digital forensic tools and has previously created educational resources and assessments for high schools in Glasgow teaching cybersecurity. Her current research involves the training and testing of different convolutional neural networks for malware detection, which she hopes to continue on into a Masters in Artificial Intelligence.
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Hacking Demystified: Unlocking the Secrets of the Dark Side
Hackers are the villains of the internet, the evil we all try to keep at bay. But to defeat our enemies, we must first understand them. What does hacking look like from the hacker’s perspective?
This session will walk you through the steps of a simple hack. With the EternalBlue exploit as a case study (used in malware attacks including WannaCry and Petya), we will look at how a hacker finds weaknesses in a computer, and step through the process of getting access to a machine. We will demonstrate this attack against a vulnerable Windows 7 machine and discuss the kinds of damage that can be done if remote access is gained to a network’s computers.
The aim of this talk is not to turn you into the world’s best security analyst, but to demystify hacking and give you a better idea of what hackers look for when trying to get their claws into your business. So, if your only knowledge of hacking is what you’ve seen in movies, come along and learn about the real thing!
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