Rocket City Hackers (DC256) Monthly Meetup

🍕 FREE FOOD PROVIDED

🚀 Rocket City Hackers Present: Brad Causey – Hacking Fruit: Exploiting Juice Shop
Join Brad Causey, CISSP for an engaging walkthrough on how to get started with web application hacking using OWASP Juice Shop — one of the most vulnerable and fun-to-hack web apps designed for security training. This session will cover the basics of ethical hacking, introduce key OWASP concepts, and provide hands-on guidance for exploring common web vulnerabilities in a safe, legal environment. Perfect for beginners and those looking to sharpen their offensive security skills.

🎙️ About the Speaker:
Brad Causey is an active member of the web security and offensive security community worldwide. Brad tends to focus his time on Web Application security as it applies to global and enterprise arenas. He is an active member of OWASP and the President of the International Information Systems Forensics Association chapter in Alabama. Brad is an avid author and writer with hundreds of publications and several books.

🛑 Prerequisites (what students must have if they want to follow along):
1 - Laptop with Chrome/Firefox and Docker installed (or present a VM with Docker). Official run options: Docker image or running from source. https://lnkd.in/gqfqf3JH
2 - Burp Suite Community or OWASP ZAP for proxying.
NOTE: Please make sure you have this set up and working BEFORE the meetup if you would like to follow along. Following along is not required. We will not have time to help troubleshoot issues in our 2-hour time slot. Thank you!

By the end of this 90-minute session learners will be able to:
Spin up OWASP Juice Shop locally and open the scoreboard.
Find and exploit common web vulnerabilities: DOM XSS, Stored XSS, SQL injection, broken access control and insecure direct object access, CSRF, basic auth/session flaws.
Use browser DevTools and/or Burp to inspect requests, tamper parameters, and confirm success.

🔗 Learn more or reach out:
🌐 dc256.org
📧 info@dc256.org

👾 DC256 – DEF CON 256 | Free. Open. Hacker Family.
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All are welcome to attend!

DC256 is the local Defcon chapter for Rocket City, an ethical-hacker organization dedicated to fostering interests in cybersecurity, technology, 3D printing, HAM radio, and more. 

Our free-to-join organization brings together professionals, hobbyists, and newcomers for monthly meetings featuring engaging presentations, hands-on workshops, and discussions on the latest tools, techniques, and trends across various tech disciplines. We are committed to creating a welcoming, collaborative environment where members can share knowledge, innovate, and connect.

Website: https://dc256.org/