After a cool dinner with other Belgian infosec people, the second day started with a discussion panel about the “Economics of vulnerabilities“. The panelists were: Lucas Adamski (Mozilla), Steve Adegbite (Adobe), Aaron Portnoy (Tipping Point),Adrian Stone (Blackberry / RIM), Chris Evans (Google),Katie Moussouris (Microsoft), Dhillon Kannabhiran (HITB – moderator). Almost
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HITB2011Ams Wrap-up Day #1
Welcome back in Amsterdam! This is the second edition of the Hack In The Box (HITB) security conference in Europe. Let’s go for a quick wrap-up! I woke up too early (04:00AM) to drive to Amsterdam and arrived without any traffic jams (rare in Amsterdam)! Enough time to perform the
HITB Amsterdam 2011 Coverage
In exactly one week, the 2nd edition of HITB Amsterdam (“Hack In The Box“) will be already over. As you see their logo on the left, I’ll attend the event and perform a coverage via Twitter and my Blog (Thanks against to the organization for the invitation!). I’ll be in
OSSEC Speaks “ArcSight”
Log management… A hot topic! There are plenty of solutions to manage your logs. Like in all IT domains, there are two major categories: free and commercial tools. Both have pro and cons. No big debate here, contrariwise I’ll show you a good example of a mix between both worlds.
ISSA Belgium Chapter Review of the Verizon DBIR
I’m just back from the last ISSA Belgium event organized tonight at Verizon premises. Wade Baker, director of risk intelligence for Verizon and creator, author and primary analyst for Verizon’s DBIR series, presented the analysis, findings and recommendations of the 2011 version of Verizon’s DBIR. If you are an infosec
Log Management: Don’t be an Ostrich!
I would like to tell you about the situation I experienced this afternoon. The goal of a log management solution is to collect and store events from several devices and applications in a central and safe place. By using search and reporting tools, useful information can be extracted from those
Should Dropbox & Co be Killed?
I’m a big fan of the Dropbox application for a while. Dropbox helps you to synchronize your files within a personal deposit located in the cloud. If you have multiple Dropbox clients configured, your files will be instantly synchronized between all your devices when they come online. I use it
BSidesLondon Wrap Up
It was a long but wonderful day! I woke up very early to catch my train from Brussels to London and arrived just in time. The room was already full of security guys, some well known faces and new ones. Let’s grab some coffee, some muffins and my bag full
BSidesLondon D-Day – 2
Still two times to sleep (like say children) and it’s the first edition of B-Sides London! The laptop is patched and hardened, tickets are printed, my slides are (almost) ready, Wednesday in the early morning, I’ll travel to London. It’s time to prepare my selection of talks! As usual, I’ll
All Your Passwords Are Belong to France?
A few days ago, a buzz hit the information security landscape. /. relayed a BBC article announcing that a new French decree will make hashed passwords illegal. Really? Honestly, when I read this, I also twitted about it. For security professionals, it looks totally unacceptable! Now, the buzz seems over