I published the following diary on isc.sans.org: “Analyze of a Linux botnet client source code“. I like to play active-defense. Every day, I extract attacker’s IP addresses from my SSH honeypots and perform a quick Nmap scan against them. The goal is to gain more knowledge about the compromised hosts. Most
After a short night due to social events and business related tasks, I joined the Google offices to follow a bunch of interesting presentations. If Botconf offers a great set of presentations, that’s also a good place for networking and to talk about infosecurity topics while having very nice food!
Here we go for a new edition of the Botconf edition. Already the third one. This conference is moving every year across France and, after Nantes and Nancy, the organizers chose Paris and more precisely the Google France venue! Really a nice one, typically in the Google atmosphere. I commuted from Belgium
I’m just back from Nancy and it’s time to publish the wrap-up for the last day! The last night was very short for most of the attendees: 30 minutes before the first talk, the coffee room was almost empty! This third started with “A new look at Fast Flux proxy networks†by Dhia
Here is my wrap-up for the second day. Yesterday, we had a nice evening with some typical local food and wine then we went outside for a walk across the city of Nancy. Let’s go!
Botconf is back for a second edition! If the first one was held last year in Nantes, botnet fighters from many countries are back in Nancy to discuss again about… botnets! As the name says, Botconf is a security conference which focus only on botnets. This is a very interesting topic because
I’m back in Belgium after driving a few hours back to Belgium and it’s time to give you my wrap-up of the second day. After a short night, we were back at the Chamber of Commerce in Nantes. The venue was located closed to the “Maillé-Brézé“, an old French military
I’m in Nantes (France) for two days to attend a new conference: Botconf. As the name says, this event is dedicated to botnets and malwares. The goal is to present talks about those malicious network of computers, how to detect them, how to fight them and, finally, eradicate them. I
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
