Episode 48
Software Talks is a recurring event organized by PGS Software, consisting of tech talks, beer, pizza and a lot of fun. Some time ago I wrote about the two September editions in Wrocław and Gdańsk, in which I took part as a speaker. On December 8th there was another event, this time in Rzeszów, a city located in south-eastern Poland. I was a speaker for the third time in a row, but for the first time with my colleague Tomasz Zieliński, who recently made a lot of noise in Polish banking environment, preparing a report, which exposed several critical security issues and other major problems in their mobile banking applications. If you read my article about working for different types of companies, you might have noticed that I’m not a big fan of banks’ approach to software development, so I’m going to elaborate on Tomasz findings without mercy.
Background
Last time on Software Talks I spoke with Piotr Konieczny, Polish security expert. This time there was an idea to focus more on Java / software development topics, so I was on a mission to find a second Java speaker. I found one, but at the last moment some issues appeared and he couldn’t make it, so his place was taken by Tomasz, who is actually our Android expert.
It was kind of a busy week for me, as I was three days in Berlin with our client, arrived in Wrocław on Wednesday evening, and an hour later I was in a car with Read the rest of this entry »
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