Dr. Katie Paxton-Fear is a lecturer of cyber security at Manchester Metropolitan University, but she's probably more well known for her hobby: In her free time she's a hacker, she's found 30+ vulnerabilities in real software in production right now! She got her start in security thanks to a mentorship at a HackerOne live hacking event in 2019 where she found her first two bugs in Uber, despite it being her first time hacking. After being invited to be mentee again in Vegas during DEFCON she realised the privilege she had, and once she got home she started making videos teaching others how to get into hacking. Since then she's made 50+ videos on a range of topics, explaining beginner vulnerabilities, tools, APIs, note-taking, and mobile hacking. She's interested in the intersection of data and web application vulnerabilities and developing understanding from noise.