{"id":4652,"date":"2013-03-21T01:34:09","date_gmt":"2013-03-20T14:34:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/2013.melbourne.wordcamp.org\/?page_id=4652"},"modified":"2013-04-23T11:08:22","modified_gmt":"2013-04-23T01:08:22","slug":"hackers-ahoy-batten-down-the-hatches","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/melbourne.wordcamp.org\/2013\/wcmelb-speakers\/hackers-ahoy-batten-down-the-hatches\/","title":{"rendered":"Hackers Ahoy! Batten Down The Hatches"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>by <a title=\"Michael McKinnon\" href=\"http:\/\/michael.mckinnon.id.au\/\" target=\"_blank\">Michael McKinnon<\/a><br \/>\nA detailed look at some of the security vulnerabilities that we&#8217;ve seen in WordPress &#8211; including the infamous Timthumb.php attack, and to put into perspective WHY WordPress sites are targeted and what the key motives of the criminals are &#8211; it isn&#8217;t what many people think.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4457 circular\" alt=\"Michael McKinnon\" src=\"https:\/\/2013.melbourne.wordcamp.org\/files\/2013\/01\/speakers_michael-mckinnon.jpg\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Michael is a proven early adopter of technology and security advisor with operational experience in several fast growing businesses; He&#8217;s directly contributed to help companies in Australia appear in the BRW Fast 100 and Fast Starters lists.<\/p>\n<p>When Michael&#8217;s not sitting in front of a computer, iPad or other techno gadget, he&#8217;s spending time with his lovely wife and two young boys who provide hours of enjoyment and wonder.<\/p>\n<p>DON&#8217;T THINK, DO &#8211; that&#8217;s his motto.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by Michael McKinnon A detailed look at some of the security vulnerabilities that we&#8217;ve seen in WordPress &#8211; including the infamous Timthumb.php attack, and to put into perspective WHY WordPress sites are targeted and what the key motives of the &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/melbourne.wordcamp.org\/2013\/wcmelb-speakers\/hackers-ahoy-batten-down-the-hatches\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Hackers Ahoy! Batten Down The Hatches<\/span>  <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":248981,"featured_media":0,"parent":3387,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-4652","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/P2NwWT-1d2","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/melbourne.wordcamp.org\/2013\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4652","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/melbourne.wordcamp.org\/2013\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/melbourne.wordcamp.org\/2013\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/melbourne.wordcamp.org\/2013\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/248981"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/melbourne.wordcamp.org\/2013\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4652"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/melbourne.wordcamp.org\/2013\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4652\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4994,"href":"https:\/\/melbourne.wordcamp.org\/2013\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4652\/revisions\/4994"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/melbourne.wordcamp.org\/2013\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3387"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/melbourne.wordcamp.org\/2013\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4652"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}