For once, this article is not directly related to “infosec“. My blog  isn’t called “/dev/random” for nothing, right? In parallel to my dayly job as an Information Security Consultant and my blogger experience at night, I’m also doing business via my own company, TrueSec (<advertising>Feel free to contact me if you’re
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
Hack.lu 2013 Wrap-Up Day #2
And we are back for the 2nd wrap-up already! Today, we had a very bad weather (it rained all night long) but we had interesting (and complex) talks! The first one was presented by Inbar Raz who talked about “Physical (in)security – It’s not – all – about Cyber“. Inbar
Hack.lu 2013 Wrap-Up Day #1
Here is the first wrap-up of hack.lu 2013 edition (I’m wearing today the t-shirt from 2008, this is already my sixth edition). As usual, the event started with a bunch of workshops. I attended the one presented by Matt and Kacper Why about Scapy. I did not event a deep
ownCloud and VirusTotal Integration
For a few days, I switched from DropBox to ownCloud and I’m now playing more with the available ‘apps‘. Besides the privacy context, ownCloud seduced me with its add-on feature. Is it possible to install external plug-ins (called ‘apps‘) to add new or improve native features. Of course, downloading and
How Shared Hosting Can Affect Your Reputation?
A quick blog post about the risks associated with shared hosting solutions. Today it’s very easy to rent some space on the intertubes. They are tons of companies which give you some gibabytes of storage and bandwidth for a few bucks per month. It’s easy as 1-2-3, even Granny is
Goodbye Dropbox!
There is one fact with humans: once they took some habits (in this case – bad habits), it’s very difficult to ask them change their behavior! It’s even true in information security. Today, we have access to plenty of awesome online applications which help us in our day-to-day activities. Thank
October 2013 OWASP Belgium Chapter Meeting Wrap-UP
I’m just back from the first OWASP Belgium Chapter meeting since the holidays are over. This was already the third event in 2013. The next event will be scheduled in December. This time, two great speakers were present. The first one was Giorgio Maone who presented “NoScript for Developers“. Giorgio is the author
What Do Attendees During a Security Conference?
During the last BruCON edition, I grabbed some statistics about the network usage of our visitors. Every years, I generate stats like the operating systems types, the top-used protocols, the numbers of unique MAC addresses, etc. But this year, we also collected all traffic from the public network. By “public“,
BruCON 0x05 Wrap Up
BruCON 0x05 is already over! What an exciting week! After months of preparation, the event went very smoothly without big issues. Here is my quick wrap-up. This time, it’s not a wrap-up about the talks. I don’t have time to follow them, keeping an eye on the network all the