[Edit: Sorry for the “bullet-point” style, it was a lot of details to compile in this blog post] We were back at the Alvisse Parc Hotel after a break of four years! In 2022, only a light CTI summit was organized (see my wrap-up), but this year, hack.lu was back
I’m back from Lille, France, where I attended the sixth edition of the conference called “Pass The Salt“. This event focuses on security but around free software. Vendors are not welcome to promote their solutions! Christophe from the crew introduced the event. Basically, it remains the same: a lot of
A quick wrap-up of the last edition of BSides Athens that occurred yesterday, Saturday 24th. I really like this event for multiple reasons. First, the atmosphere, I’ve plenty of Greek friends and I like this country… and food! This was already the 8th edition and full in person! They reached
It’s already the third and last day… Always a strange atmosphere after the gala dinner, and people are always joining late. It’s also challenging to be the first speakers! Ronan Mouchoux and François Moerman presented «From Words to Intelligence: Leveraging the Cyber Operation Constraint Principle, Natural Language Understanding, and Association
And we are still in Strasbourg! The second day started with « From GhostNet to PseudoManuscrypt » by Jorge Rodriguez & Souhail Hammou. PseudoManuscrypt is a recent RAT spotted by Kaspersky in July 2021. It is widely distributed by fake applications, websites and malware loaders. It’s a fork of Gh0st RAT. This
It has been a while since I posted my last wrap-up. With the COVID break, many conferences have been canceled or postponed. But Botconf, one of my favorites, has been scheduled for a long time in my (busy) planning. This edition is located in Strasbourg. I arrived yesterday afternoon to
It has been a while since I did not take time to write a security conference wrap-up. With all these COVID restrictions, we were stuck at home for a while. Still today, some events remain postponed and, worse, canceled! The energy crisis in Europe does not help, some venues are
Conferences are back! After Botconf in April, that’s Pass-The-Salt that is organized this week in Lille, France. After the two years break, the formula did not change: same location, free, presentations around security, and free software! And, most important, the same atmosphere. The first day started in the afternoon and
Here we go with day 3! In the morning, there are always fewer people due to the short night. The gala dinner is always a key activity during Botconf! The last day started with “Jumping the air-gap: 15 years of nation-state efforts” presented by Alexis Dorais-Joncas and Facundo Munoz. Does
The second day is already over. Here is my recap of the talks. The first one was “Identifying malware campaigns on a budget” by Max “Libra” Kersten and Rens Van Der Linden. The idea was to search for malicious activity without spending too much money. Read: “using as few resources
