I’m just back from the 2018 edition of the FIRST TC (“Technical Colloquium”) organized in Amsterdam. This was the second edition for me. The format was the same, one day of workshops and two days with normal presentations. And always 100% free! During the quick introduction, Jeff Bollinger from Cisco, which
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HITB Amsterdam 2017 Day #2 Wrap-Up
After a nice evening with some beers and an excellent dinner with infosec peers, here is my wrap-up for the second day. Coffee? Check! Wireless? Check! Twitter? Check! As usual, the day started with a keynote. Window Snyder presented “All Fall Down: Interdependencies in the Cloudâ€. Window is the CSO
HITB Amsterdam 2017 Day #1 Wrap-Up
I’m back in Amsterdam for the 8th edition of the security conference Hack in the Box. Last year, I was not able to attend but I’m attending it for a while (you can reread all my wrap-up’s here). What to say? It’s a very strong organisation, everything running fine, a
Black Hat Europe 2015 Wrap-Up
Here is my quick wrap-up of Black Hat Europe 2015 which just terminated today. Due to a high workload, I joined Amsterdam only today to attend the second day of briefings and… I’m not disappointed! As usual, there was very interesting sessions and other less attractive. I also missed a
HITB Amsterdam Wrap-Up Day #2
I left Amsterdam after the closing keynote and I just arrived at home. This is my quick wrap-up for the second day of Hack in the Box! The second keynote was presented by John Matherly: “The return of the Dragonsâ€. John is the guy behind Shodan, the popular devices search
HITB Amsterdam Wrap-Up Day #1
The HITB crew is back in the beautiful city of Amsterdam for a new edition of their security conference. Here is my wrap-up for the first day!
BlackHat Europe 2014 Wrap-Up Day #2
Yesterday evening, I had a nice dinner with awesome infosec folks. We faced a massive “Deny of Sushi†attack but we survived! So, I’m just back from Amsterdam and here is my small wrap-up for the second BlackHat day.
BlackHat Europe 2014 Wrap-Up Day #1
BlackHat is back in Amsterdam and here is my wrap-up for the first day. It rained all my way to Amsterdam this morning but it will not prevent motivated people to join the Amsterdam RAI where is organised this 2014 edition of BlackHat Europe! They moved from the center of the
HITB Amsterdam 2014 Wrap-up Day #2
And here is the second day wrap-up. The day started with a sunny sky over Amsterdam. After a breakfast and a chat with the Help Net Security team, we moved to the rooms. Like yesterday, the main stage is dedicated to women for two keynotes. The first one should be
HITB Amsterdam 2014 Wrap-up Day #1
I’m in Amsterdam for the next two days to attend the new edition of Hack In The Box. This is a special edition with many improvements. First, it’s the fifth edition (already!) and the location changed to “De Beurs van Berlageâ€, a very nice place in the center of the