I’m in Rennes, France to attend my very first edition of the SSTIC conference. SSTIC is an event organised in France, by and for French people. The acronym means “Symposium sur la sécurité des technologies de l’information et des communications“. The event has a good reputation about its content but
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Who’s Visiting the Phishing Site?
Today, while hunting, I found a malicious HTML page in my spam trap. The page was a fake JP Morgan Chase bank. Nothing fancy. When I found such material, I usually search for “POST” HTTP requests to collect URLs and visit the websites that receive the victim’s data. As usual, the
[SANS ISC Diary] Who’s Attacking Me?
I published the following diary on isc.sans.org: “Who’s Attacking Me?“. I started to play with a nice reconnaissance tool that could be helpful in many cases – offensive as well as defensive. “IVRE” (“DRUNK” in French) is a tool developed by the CEA, the Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission
Botconf 2016 Wrap-Up Day #1
This is already the fourth edition of the Botconf security conference, fully dedicated to fighting malware and botnets. Since the first edition, the event location changed every year and it allowed me to visit nice cities in France. After Nantes, Nancy and Paris, the conference invaded Lyon. I arrived yesterday in
RMLL Security Track 2016 Wrap-Up
I’m in the train from Paris where I attended the RMLL Security Track version 2016. The RMLL or “Rencontres Mondiales du Logiciel Libre” is an annual event around free software. Amongst multiple tracks, there is always one dedicated to information security (around free software of course). The global event was
Refugees Need Some Help… Also From Techies!
Everybody is aware of the massive amount of refugees crossing Europe borders to try to find a better life. I won’t start a debate about this, it’s not the goal of this blog. But, when I was contacted by a friend who asked me if I could help some refugees
Botconf 2015 Wrap-Up Day #3
And here is my wrap-up for the third day of the conference. Again a bunch of interesting talks. The first to join the floor was Yonathan Klijnsma who presented a nice history of the famous ransomware: Cryptowall. This ransomware has already multiple versions and involved after each of them. It started
Botconf 2015 Wrap-Up Day #1
Here we go for a new edition of the Botconf edition. Already the third one. This conference is moving every year across France and, after Nantes and Nancy, the organizers chose Paris and more precisely the Google France venue! Really a nice one, typically in the Google atmosphere. I commuted from Belgium
$HOME Sweet $HOME
Yesterday, I talked at RMLL (“Rencontres Mondiales du Logiciel Libre“) or LSM in English (“Libre Sofware Meeting“) held in Beauvais, France. The presentation title was “$HOME Sweet $HOME” and covered the security of our home networks regarding the invasion of connected gadgets also known as the Internet of Things. I gave
Botconf 2014 Wrap-Up Day #2
Here is my wrap-up for the second day. Yesterday, we had a nice evening with some typical local food and wine then we went outside for a walk across the city of Nancy. Let’s go!