“La Nuit du Hack” is a well-known event organized since 2004 (!) by Sysdream and HZV in Paris. I went to the 2010 edition, my wrap-up is available here. This last edition was victim of its success and access to the boat (yes, it was organized on a boat!) was
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#BlackHatEU Day-1 Wrap-up
The first day started (too) early with Rafal Los’s (@Wh1t3Rabbit) briefing about “Defying Logic – Theory, Design, and Implementation of Complex Systems for Testing Application Logic“. Rafal explained some techniques not “brand new” but which are really interesting. The goal of application logic testing is to discover what an application
BlackHat Europe 2011
BlackHat stopped in Barcelona for the 2011 European edition. Second time at the same place, the “Palau de Congressos de Catalunya“. Same format as the previous editions: two days of trainings and two days of briefings. Strange, lot of trainings were canceled! Is it due to the crisis and less
BSidesLondon is on its Way!
The first edition of BSides London is moving forward at good speed. The crew of volunteers worked hard and announced today the schedule. During the call for papers, 54 submissions were submitted then registered visitors were invited to vote for their preferred subjects. Fifty-four submissions for the first edition of
Security B-Sides … Because Quality is not Always Expensive
Infosec people must keep their knowledge at the highest level. New threads, new technologies arise all the time. If you don’t perform a continuous education, you’ll are dead, so simply! There are plenty of ways to keep learning: books, forums, podcasts. Those are based on self-learning. Trainings and security conferences
My Wish List for 2011
2010 is almost over and 2011 is already at our door! In a few days, a lot of us will (try to) detach from the regular business and go back to family and friends to spend good times. It’s time to make some planning, reserve enough off-days and setup my
Hack.lu Day #2 Wrap-up
The second day is over! Here is my wrap-up. After some doses of caffeine, the day started with the “Red Team Testing” workshop by Chris Nickerson (@indi303). He explained a methodology to conduct penetration tests. Good examples are the ones of the Tiger Team. The goal is to revamp the
Wall Of Shame: Pros & Cons
A “Wall of Shame” or “Wall of Sheep” is a real-time demonstration application which searches for non secured (read: sent in clear text) login/passwords sent through a network. One of the well-know wall of sheep is the one operated every year during the Defcon conference in Las Vegas. A few
BruCON 2010 Wrap-Up
BruCON is already over! Two exciting days spent with most of the top security speakers coming from several continents. I usually write a quick review of the presentations I followed during a security conferences but BruCON is something different: I’m behind the stage. Like last year, I gave some of
SOURCE Barcelona is at our Doors!
In exactly one week, I’ll fly to Barcelona to attend the SOURCE Conference. Flight and hotels are booked for a while, it’s now time to prepare to cover the event. The schedule has been published for a while with a good balance between technical and business talks. Here is my