I’m just back from Montpellier where was organised the 2014’s edition of the RMLL (“Rencontres Modiales des Logiciels Libresâ€) or LSM in English (“Libre Software Meetingâ€). This is a huge event similar to the FOSDEM in Brussels where people who love free software exchange views, researches and make some networking.
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DahuCon Wrap-Up or … Perhaps Not?
I spent the end of the week “somewhere” Â in Switzerland to attend a nice security event called “DahuCon” or perhaps not! Who knows! The event was organized by two Swiss guys. They successfully attracted 50 security professionals to a very nice place. Attendees came from Switzerland, France, Germany, Austria and…
Pwning and Pivoting!
When talking about security to small companies – the “SME market” as the business says – their reaction is often: “Me? Why should I care? I’m so small and my business is not relevant for cyber-criminals…“. This is a big fail! As a proof, I like to ask them for
BotConf 2013 Wrap-Up Day #2
I’m back in Belgium after driving a few hours back to Belgium and it’s time to give you my wrap-up of the second day. After a short night, we were back at the Chamber of Commerce in Nantes. The venue was located closed to the “Maillé-Brézé“, an old French military
BotConf 2013 Wrap-Up Day #1
I’m in Nantes (France) for two days to attend a new conference: Botconf. As the name says, this event is dedicated to botnets and malwares. The goal is to present talks about those malicious network of computers, how to detect them, how to fight them and, finally, eradicate them. I
Hack.lu 2013 Wrap-Up Day #3
This is already the last day! We started again at 08:30 with a talk about IP cameras: “Do you know who’s watching you? An in-depth examination of IP cameras attack surface” by Francisco Falcon & Nahuel Riva. This isn’t the first time that IP cameras are used as targets for
La Nuit du Hack 2013 Wrap-Up
My clock tower is completed! I left home yesterday at 6AM to Disneyland Ressort Paris and I’m just back at 6AM. It’s too late to go to bed so I finished to write my Nuit du Hack wrap-up. This was the first time I attended this event. During the last
SOURCE Dublin Wrap-Up Day #1
I flew on Wednesday evening to Dublin, Ireland to attend the SOURCE conference (previously, it was organised in Barcelona). The conference was held in the Trinity College, in the centre of the city. This is a really nice place where we slept in student bedrooms (a “kot” like we say
NoSuchCon #1 Wrap-Up
There are so many security conferences around the world… Some people already debated about this: Is it better to restrict the annual agenda to well-known events or let people start their own? IMHO, we need initiatives like this. It’s good to have a broad agenda with local conferences where local
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