ENISA published in September 2009 a press release about the huge increase in ATM fraud. The title spoke by itself: “Annual cash machine looses in Europe approach EUR 500 million: ENISA provides advice for consumers.“ The last talk scheduled during HiTB Amsterdam last week was canceled and replaced in last
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Hack in the Box Day #2 Wrap Up
Second day is over! And with the same fun as yesterday. After a (too short) night, some coffee was welcome just before the keynote presented by Mark Curphey from Microsoft. Mark revealed 10 crazy ideas that might change the information security industry with a little cost in money but a
Hack in the Box Day #1 Wrap Up
The first day of the HiTB security conference is already over! HiTB (“Hack in the Box“) organizes conferences for a while in Dubaï and Kuala Lumpur but this is the first time that an event is held in Europe and not too far from Belgium. I left home very early
La “Nuit Du Hack” in Paris
Yesterday, I made a trip to Paris to attend the “Nuit du Hack 2010“. It was already the 7th edition. The event, organized between 16h and 7h, was split in two parts: a set of talks about security topics and, starting from midnight, a CTF contest. I had the chance
OWASP BE Meeting about SQL Injections’ OR 2=2;
Surprise! The OWASP Belgian Chapter sent a late notification to announce an extra chapter meeting with a special guest: Joe McCray from Learn Security Online. Today’ topic was “Advanced SQL injections“. Joe is a well known security specialist with high skills in penetration tests. He was in Belgium to provide
Hack In The Box Visits Europe
Hack In The Box (or “HITB“) is a well known community on the security landscape which defines itself as “a single place, or community, on the Internet where people and corporations can go to find security information and the latest news from the underground and computer technology sectors“. HITB maintains
OWASP Belgium Chapter Meeting Wrap Up
I’m back from the latest OWASP Belgium Chapter meeting. Belgium is a small country with lot of political issues (off-topic here 😉 ) but also a great electronic identify card or “eID“. Almost all Belgian citizens have an eID for a while (8.2 millions of cards have been delivered up
ISACA-BE Round Table: the Impact of Cloud Computing
“Cloud computing”… A buzz word for a while now! It’s a fact that security professionals will face, one day or another, a situation where the company applications and data will be hosted “in the cloud” and whatever your activity is! (auditor, system admin, investigator, etc). This evening, the ISACA Belgium
Security Training Again and Again!
If you are working in the “IT security” field, you must keep your knowledge up to the highest level. It’s a matter of “live or death” and continuous training is mandatory. That’s why big names in the certification world like ISC² or ISACA impose their members to collect a minimum
ISSA-Be Chapter Wrap Up: Cybercrime
I’m back from the last ISSA-Be meeting held in the Verizon offices in Leuven. Today’s topic was “Cybercrime: The actors, their actions, and what they’re after“. The speaker was Matthijs van der Wel, EMEA, manager of Verizon Business’ Forensics practice, who contributed to the Data Breach Investigation Report. The talk