The French hacking event is back! This year is a special one, it’s the tenth edition of “La Nuit du Hack” which follows the conference “Hack in Paris“. Yes, as the previous editions, there are three distinguished parts in this major event. Trainings are organized from June 18th to 20th
Category: Event
London… a Nest of Infosec People
I’m back from a small trip to London where is happening some kind of a “security marathon” this week! In parallel to InfoSecurity Europe 2012, several “alternative” events where organized in the same area. However I did not visited InfoSecurity. I was present at the Benelux edition a few weeks
Some News About HiTB Amsterdam
Some news about the upcoming edition of the “Hack in The Box” security conference. This third edition (already!) will be held at a new venue: The hotel Okura in the center of Amsterdam. Apart of trainings, the conference itself will be organized during two days (May 24th – 25th) and
Trainings? Because Infosec is an Ongoing Battle…
Working in information security is an ongoing battle! That’s why we have to learn new things every day! But the opposite is also true. As commented by somebody on Twitter recently: “Sometimes, it’s also good to forget things“. We also have to learn by our mistakes and the information security
BlackHat Europe 2012 Day #3 Wrap-Up
And this is already the last day! My first choice for today was the talk of Andrey Belenko and Dmitry Sklyarov: “Secure Password Managers” and “Military-Grade Encryption” on Smartphones: Oh Really?. They presented their research about the security of keyword managers on smartphones. It’s recommended to not use the same password
BlackHat Europe 2012 Day #2 Wrap-Up
And I’m back with my wrap-up for the second day. Here are a review of the talks I followed today. Rafal Los and Shane MacDougall spoke about “offensive threat modeling on its head“. Threat modeling primer: analysis for defensive purpose. The goal is to develop countermeasures. In what offensive threat modeling
BlackHat Europe 2012 Day #1 Wrap-Up
BlackHat is back in Europe and, this year, they moved back to Amsterdam! This edition also introduced a new format: A three-days conference with three simultaneous tracks. Three trainings are organized, one per day. From my personal point of view, it does not impact me. But people attending a training
March 2012 ISSA-Be Chapter Meeting Wrap-Up
This week is a very busy week! After the OWASP & Beltug meetings, I attended the ISSA Brussels Chapter Meeting tonight. Two excellent speakers (and friends) were invited to talk about their favorite topics. Peter from the Corelan Team talked about “Memory Corruption in the Win32 world” (or “2012.eip=0x41414141“). Didier
Social Networks: The Good and The Bad
Yesterday, I gave a presentation for the Beltug Security SIG (“Special Interest Group“) about the usage of social networks in companies, the risks associated to them and how to reduce/avoid them. Social Networks are wonderful tools to promote your company or brand but can also generate some horror stories! Nobody
March 2012 OWASP Belgium Chapter Meeting Wrap-Up
Tonight was already organized the second OWASP Belgium Chapter meeting of this year. Two great (should I say “as usual”?) speakers were invited: Ken van Wyk and Jim Manico. Jim already talked during a chapter meeting last year and I was happy to see it back in our small country.