I’m in Luzern for a few days but the Hashdays security conference started today! w00t! This is the first edition for me. A very nice opening session performed by the defcon-switzerland group which organises this event. They gave funny stats about this edition in terms of registration, paper used, exchanged
MySQL Attacks Self-Detection
I’m currently attending the Hashdays security conference in Lucerne (Switzerland). Yesterday I attended a first round of talks (the management session). Amongst all the interesting presentations, Alexander Kornbrust got my attention with his topic: “Self-Defending Databases“. Alexander explained how databases can be configured to detect suspicious queries and prevent attacks. Great
Hack.lu 2012 Wrap-Up Day #3
The 2012 edition of hack.lu is already over for a few minutes. Here is my wrap-up posted just before driving back to $HOME! Yesterday, we had a nice dinner with Belgian friends. This is some kind of tradition during the conference, meet friends and exchange ideas, positions around a table
Hack.lu 2012 Wrap-Up Day #2
Here we go for the wrap-up of the second day! After a short night and some 0xC0FFEE, the schedule started with a keynote by Sharon Conheady about the “future of social engineering“. Sharon is a specialist in social extreme engineering (read: with physical access to facilities).
Hack.lu 2012 Wrap-Up Day #1
Last week, I was in Luxembourg for my day-to-day job and this week, I’m back for more fun (and some business too :-). It’s time for a new edition of hack.lu. This is already myfourth edition, time flies!
Fresh Blood Wanted for BSidesLondon!
The third edition of BSidesLondon has been announced! Â The crew has already started to work on the event organization and the CFP is open. Block already your agenda:Â April 24th, 2013 – Kensington & Chelsea Town Hall. I attended the two first editions as a speaker in 2011 and regular visitor
RSA Conference Europe Wrap-Up Day #3
The third day is already over! It started very (too?) early with Candid Wuest (Symantec) presented  “Dissecting Advanced Targeted Attacks – Separating myths from facts“. Not easy to speak so early and not a lot of people present in the room. For a while, the press plays a big role in
RSA Conference Europe Wrap-Up Day #2
This is my wrap-up of the second day of RSA Europe. As said yesterday, the panel of speakers was broader and much more interesting. Let’s go!
RSA Conference Europe Wrap-Up Day #1
I’m in London for the next three days to follow the RSA Conference Europe 2012. This is my third edition and I would like to thank the organizers for the received press pass which allows me to write this wrap up! (and the next ones in the coming days). Compared to
Digital or Analog Life, Same Issues!
We are living in a digital era and I like this! From a security point of view because it generates a lot of issues that we have to deal with (being infosec pro, it’s our daily job). But also because I like “gadgets”. We are big kids 😉 On the