Beginning of this year, there was a small buzz in the Belgian security landscape about a RFID card (The BMC – “Belgian Mobility Card“) being introduced by the company in charge of the public transports in Brussels (previous article here). A few months later, what changed? Almost nothing! If the
Category: Belgium
Complete Misunderstanding of Social Networks
It seems that a buzz is starting on Twitter in Belgium today! Koen Delvaux, a Belgian blogger, posted a story on his blog about his misadventure with a Belgium jeweler (no name here but Twitter is your best friend to find the name and location of the shop). To resume
When Security is Threatened by Budget
For a few days, the Belgian ministers started to work hardly on the issue of the 2010 budget. Like everywhere, money is missing. They try to find (good) solutions to present a positive budget and, let’s dream, get some extra revenues. The classic ways to grab more money from the
CERT.be Wants You!
Finally, Belgium will have an official CERT (“Computer Emergency Response Team“). This is a long story already covered a few times in my blog (in October 2008 and November 2008). But, finally one year later, our CERT is almost alive! It seems that the birth is difficult: Not yet officially
Firefox Banned in Walloon Administrations
Do you know the latest Belgian joke? As lot of Belgian citizens, I’m bullet-proof against Belgian jokes, they are part of our life. But this time, it affected me! According to the following article (in French, Google translation here), Firefox is temporary (?) banned from all the workstations used in
BruCON Talks Video Mirror
For those who did not attend the BruCON conference last week, the videos recorded during the talks have been released on the BruCON Wiki. Here is a local mirror: A new web attack vector script fragmentation by Stephan Chenette [Download] Attacking backbone technologies by Daniel Mende & Roger Klose [Download]
Strike Can Affect Security
In these times of crisis, many companies have launched plans to optimize their costs. Unfortunately, the management decisions often directly affect the people: staff reduction, higher pressure, increase of production rates, etc. If no agreement is reached between the management and unions, strikes may affect some services. To strike is
BruCON is Over…
Sunday… I slept a few hours… Strange feeling, BruCON is already over. But no regrets! It was amazing to participate to this security conference from inside. We can be proud of it: Belgium has now its own conf! Once again, thanks to the core team which organized such great event.
Belgium Would Like to Track Your Emails for Two Years?
Mr Stefaan De Clerck , the Belgian Justice Minister announced a new plan to fight (cyber-)criminals. Belgian ISP’s could be asked forced to keep a trace of all communications via e-mail for two years. Read the article on the RTBF website in French (or via Google Translate). The main reason