Simon Howard

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Simon has been active in the New Zealand information security space for almost two decades.

Highlights

Career highlights

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Co-founded and assists with running New Zealand’s largest hacker conference, Kawaiicon (previously known as Kiwicon). Co-founder Bastion Security Group. Founded ZX Security. Simon holds a number of cyber security advisory positions and has completed the Institute of Directors Companies Directors Course.

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WatchGuard Access Points — Multiple issues

Stephen Shkardoon recently found multiple issues in WatchGuard Access Points which result in remote code execution.

Teracue ENC-400 — Multiple issues

Stephen Shkardoon found multiple issues in the Teracue ENC-400 hardware, including a pre-authentication remote code execution vulnerability.

ASP.NET Boilerplate — Input Validation vulnerability

Claudio Contin found an input validation issue with ABP 4.2.

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