Presentation: Code Obfuscation, PHP shells & more: what hackers do once they get passed your code

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Mattias Geniar, March 31, 2014

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I recently gave a presentation titled “Code Obfuscation, PHP shells & more: what hackers do once they get passed your (PHP) code". I’ve received positive feedback, which is why I think this may be worth sharing. This presentation is based on nearly a decade of experience working at Nucleus.be.

Any comments are greatly appreciated.

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If you’d like to hear this presentation again on a User Group or conference, let me know via @mattiasgeniar or via mail at m@ttias.be.



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