This week promises to be a busy one. I woke up early to catch my plane to Barcelona! The flight was delayed due to a strike in France but I arrived not too late and just missed the keynote. Barcelona is a very beautiful city and the place where is
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Back Online!
I’m back online after a few days off in France with my wife, kids and… less Internet connectivity (but never far from a WiFi hotspot to check urgent mails). Helas, everything has an end and I’m already back in Belgium… Step one, process the huge monstrous backlog of pending information:
Protect Yourself or Be Protected ?
A news coming from Australia became a hot topic in lot of security forums and mailing lists today. The Australian authorities brainstormed about new ways to fight the cyber crime. One of the submitted project is forcing people to install (and activate!) an anti-virus software to be able to access
La “Nuit Du Hack” in Paris
Yesterday, I made a trip to Paris to attend the “Nuit du Hack 2010“. It was already the 7th edition. The event, organized between 16h and 7h, was split in two parts: a set of talks about security topics and, starting from midnight, a CTF contest. I had the chance
My First Visit @ FIC2010
I’m back from Lille (France) where was organized the 4th edition of “FIC” – “Forum International sur la Cybercriminalité” – during two days. This was my first edition and I was pleasantly surprised: I was a bit afraid to attend an event organized in France for French speaking people about
HADOPI in Belgium, a new Don Quichotte Story?
After an HADOPI law voted in France, other countries follow the same example. A politician is trying to introduce the same system in Belgium as an attempt to fight the exchange of illegal material on the Internet (via peer-to-peer networks). For those who aren’t aware of the HADOPI law, it
There is no smoke without fire!
One more time, companies asked the help of the Justice to fight against Google. This time, the Google Suggest tool is the target. This service is quite simple and you probably use it on a daily basis. When you type your search terms in the search engine, Google offers keyword
Belgian Transport Company Spotted at C&SAR 2009
C&SAR 2009 (“Computer & Electronics Security Applications Rendez-vous“) was organized in France a few days ago. The topic of the 2009 edition was “wireless security”, covered during three day by a large program of talks. One of the speakers was Gildas Avoine from the University of Louvain-La-Neuve. He spoke about
Will Belgium Build a new Botnet?
The title is a bit catchy but you will quickly understand why. Today started a new commercial offer promoted by the Belgian authorities: Start2surf@home. To help to reduce the technology gap between the Belgian citizens, a package is now available at a very attractive price: a laptop, a pack of
hack.lu Day #2
After some coffee and croissants, the second day started with a speech of the Minister of the Economy and Foreign Trade, Jeannot Krecké. He spoke about the importance of security awareness on the Internet and IT infrastructure mentioning the Cyberworld Awareness Security Enhancement Structure (“CASES“) active in Luxembourg. Due to