Paco Hope

http://twitter.com/pacohope

London, Great Britain

Software Security Consultant

Areas of Expertise:

  • Web Security
  • Software Testing
  • Online Gambling
  • Security Testing
  • Security Training
  • consulting
  • speaking
  • training
Paco Hope is a Technical Manager with Cigital. His areas of expertise software security, security testing, and casino gaming. He specializes in analyzing the security of software, software systems, and software development processes. Paco frequently speaks at conferences such as the Better Software Conference, STAR East, and STAR West. He conducts training on risk-based security testing, writing security requirements, and software security fundamentals. He can be reached at paco@cigital.com.

Web Security Testing Cookbook Web Security Testing Cookbook
by Paco Hope , Ben Walther
October 2008
Print: $39.99
Ebook: $31.99

Mastering FreeBSD and OpenBSD Security Mastering FreeBSD and OpenBSD Security
by Yanek Korff , Paco Hope , Bruce Potter
March 2005
Print: $49.95

Paco blogs at:
http://paco.to/

Vodafone Mobile Broadband UK 3G APN settings

February 06 2012

I use a Vodafone K3505 dongle on Vodafone UK's network. When I upgraded to Mac OS X Lion, it broke my installation of Vodafone Mobile Broadband. I did a bunch of searching and I finally found what I needed. It was not easy. So, here's my quick blog post about… read more

Print a Bank Deposit Ticket with Excel

January 15 2012

I do a lot of banking by mail—mainly depositing checks that I receive in the mail. I have run out of deposit tickets from the back of my check books, and I resent the idea of having to pay for more to be printed. I took a look online and… read more

LeapFrog: My Own Leaptop

December 26 2011

I hate the crapware that comes with modern toys. They try to make it seem like they're doing you a favor. They try to make it seem like it's going to make the toy better. But in fact it's just rubbish. It's poorly written and adds minimal value. My son… read more

Comparison Christmas Shopping: Amazon versus Tesco

December 04 2011

This isn't a post advertising one thing or another, but I was really surprised at the difference in prices when doing some Christmas shopping online today. Here's four of the toys we were considering and the prices offered at Amazon.co.uk versus tesco.com. You figure that prices do vary from site… read more

Skype for iPad as Business App of the Year? Puhleeze.

November 29 2011

Skype is tweeting about how Skype for iPad was awarded "Business App of the Year" for 2011. The idea that Skype is a business app and that it is an app worthy of praise are both laughable. read more

iOS5 Security Restrictions

November 28 2011

iOS has a 'Restrictions' feature that theoretically allows you to disable some of the ways an innocent iDevice user might find offensive content or rack up unexpected charges. It's weak and ineffective. read more
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