Yesterday, It was the first time that I heard the expression “Social Engineering” in Belgian public media! If this topic came in the news, you can imagine that something weird (or juicy from a journalist perspective) happened. The Flemish administration had the good idea to test the resistance of their 15K officials
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OWASP Belgium Chapter Meeting February 2015 Wrap-Up
Tonight the first Belgium OWASP chapter meeting of the year 2015 was organized in Leuven. Next to the SecAppDev event also organised in Belgium last week, many nice speakers were present in Belgium. It was a good opportunity to ask them to present a talk at a chapter meeting. As usual,
Repression VS. Prevention
This morning, I retweeted a link to an article (in Dutch) published by a Belgian newspaper. It looks that Belgian municipalities (small as well as largest) which do not properly secure their data could be fined in a near future! Public services  manage a huge amount of private data about us. They
May 2014 OWASP Belgium Chapter Meeting Wrap-Up
With a little delay, here is my wrap-up of the last OWASP Belgium chapter meeting. It was held at NVISO, an information security company located in Brussels which is known for its ApkScan tool. After some pizzas, drinks and chats with peers, two speakers came on stage. Amongst known faces, a
February 2014 OWASP Belgium Chapter Meeting Wrap-Up
Tonight was organized the first OWASP Belgium Chapter of the year. Two speakers were invited, George Danezis and Jim Manico. Same place, same faces and classic introduction by Seba with news about the OWASP foundation and the local chapter. Did you know that the chapter had ten years old last
OWASP Belgium Chapter Meeting Wrap-Up: Using Browsers Otherwise!
We are already very close to the EOY and we are all expecting the Christmas break in a few days. Tonight, the last OWASP Belgium chapter meeting for 2013 was organised with the help of another local chapter which was created in 2013: the ISC2 one. Thanks to the F5
Why the Belgian Cyber Security Guide Must Be Extended? Example with MySQL!
A few days ago, I attended an event organized by the Chamber of Commerce in Belgium (ICC Belgium) and the Federation of Enterprises (FEB) to announce with great ceremony the release of the first Belgian Cyber Security Guide. Honestly, this is a great initiative! In the audience, many many infosec professionals were
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
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
Did Media Cross the Red Line?
With the recent buzz arround the pwnage of the fist Belgian telco operator, media are again surfing the wave of cyber-[threats|criminality|espionage|*]. They know that, today, an article with the word “cyber” in the title will attract more people! Usually, I try to not trust (or at least to be very careful) with