With the recent buzz arround the pwnage of the fist Belgian telco operator, media are again surfing the wave of cyber-[threats|criminality|espionage|*]. They know that, today, an article with the word “cyber” in the title will attract more people! Usually, I try to not trust (or at least to be very careful) with
Category: Belgium
SushiCon 0x05
BruCON is fast approaching! In a few weeks, hackers will invade the center of Ghent! This year, we will celebrate the fifth edition of this conference! Already five years and our motivation remained the same, even more, it increased! I’m speaking here about myself but I’m sure that my colleagues
DNS Amplification Attack: Is Belgium Safe?
For a while, DDoS are back on stage and one of the classic techniques still used today is the DNS Amplification attack. I won’t explain again the ins and outs, there are plenty of websites available which describe it – like the good article from CERT.be. This type of attack is
The Belgian SIEM… wounds my heart with a monotonous languor!
Lot of Belgian newspapers and sites reported today (Example of  article – in French) that a project of law will be discussed soon (deriving from the EU Data Retention Directive) to request providers of telecommunications (Internet – Mobile services) to keep a trace of electronic communications. Wait, the article should say
June 2013 OWASP Belgium Chapter Meeting Wrap-Up
I’m back from the last OWASP Belgium chapter meeting. Here is a quick wrap-up. Classic scenario, the event started with Seba who gave some updates about the OWASP foundation. Today’s event was part of a bigger one called the OWASP European Tour. During a few weeks, all European chapters organise
Belgian Edition of The Hacknowledge Contest
The last weekend, an ethical hacking event was organised in Belgium. The Hacknowledge Contest joined Charleroi and was hosted at the CPEHN. This event was previously organised only in France thanks to the initiative of the ACISSI. Last year, they decided to open their challenges to other countries. The current
OWASP Belgium Chapter Wrap-Up March 2013
Here is a quick wrap-up of the first OWASP Belgium Chapter meeting of 2013 organised today in Leuven. SecAppDev is running this week so it was a good opportunity to bring some trainers for an evening meet up: Yves Younan and Steven Murdoch. Lieven, from the OWASP team, made a
Signing Documents Using an Unsigned Application!
Belgium is strange country… at various levels! For years, Belgium is known as a country which quickly developed and distributed electronic identity cards (eID) to its citizens. Your eID can be used in multiple applications to perform citizen’s authentication and to sign documents. The number of applications and web sites
The Cobbler’s Children Go Barefoot Also in Security
The title of this quick post says all… evenmore in the security field! This story has been reported by a friend of mine. His wife would like to dispute a transaction made with her credit card. Never a funny story but it may always happen! (my own card was also
First Belgian Internet Security Conference Wrap Up
Yesterday I attended the first edition of a new event: The Belgian Internet Security Conference. It was organised by some key players from Belgian Federal organisations like the CERT.be, Belnet, FedICT. The goal of this one-day conference was to provide some security awareness to managers or deciders. This time, no