Information Security Events in June

Published: May 31st, 2010 | Category: Hacking Contests, Local Meetings, Security Conferences, Security Training, Security Workshops | (1) Comment

. Here are the information security events in North America this month: The Twelfth Annual International Techno Security Conference: June 6 – 9 in Myrtle Beach SANSFIRE 2010: June 6 – 14 in Baltimore 22nd Annual Forum of Incident Response and Security Teams (FIRST): June 13 – 18 in Miami SANS WhatWorks in Pen Testing [...]

Week 21 in Review – 2010

Published: May 31st, 2010 | Category: Security Tools, Security Workshops | (2) Comments

Events Related: Defcon 18 CTF News CTF Defcon 18 PreQuals: writeups (Solutions) – pentester.es DEFCON 18 Quals: writeups collection – vnsecurity.net Defcon CTF Qualifiers – redspin.com Defcon 18 CTF quals writeup: Pursuit Trivial 200 – bernardodamele.blogspot.com Defcon 18 CTF quals writeup: Packet Madness 200 – bernardodamele.blogspot.com Defcon 18 CTF quals writeup: Pwtent Pwnables 200 – [...]

Week 20 in Review – 2010

Published: May 23rd, 2010 | Category: Security Tools | (2) Comments

Resources: ReclaimPrivacy – reclaimprivacy.org This website provides an independent and open tool for scanning your Facebook privacy settings. McAfee Threats Report Released for First Quarter 2010 – avertlabs.com In it we reveal that USB worms have taken the No. 1 spot for malware worldwide! Interview by Eric Krapf of NoJitter on FBI Report of Telephony [...]

Week 19 in Review – 2010

Published: May 16th, 2010 | Category: Security Tools, Vendor News | (1) Comment

Resources: Two Thumbs Up For These Security Podcasts – matthewneely.com I am going to discuss the security podcasts I listen to, with a short description of each one. “Useable” CVE Security Vulnerability Data – cvedetails.com his is an effort to provide an easy to use web interface to CVE vulnerability information. Gary McGraw on BSIMM2, [...]

Week 18 in Review – 2010

Published: May 10th, 2010 | Category: Security Conferences, Security Tools, Security Training, Security Workshops, Vendor News | (1) Comment

Events Related: SOURCE Boston Re-Cap – tenablesecurity.com The SOURCE conferences, founded by Stacy Thayer, are small in size but big on content. Resources: Google’s cheesy web app course Google has released a new online training course for Web application developers designed to teach them how to avoid common programming mistakes Web Application Exploits and Defenses [...]

Week 17 in Review – 2010

Published: May 2nd, 2010 | Category: Hacking Contests, Security Conferences, Security Tools, Security Vulnerabilities, Security Workshops | (1) Comment

Events Related: HacKid Conferences: A Very Cool Thing – infosecramblings.com The idea really revolves around providing an interactive, hands-on experience for kids and their parents. Black Hat Europe 2010 – blackhat.com Many Black Hat talks are available in audio and video formats. LEET ’10 Media – usenix.org Session papers are available to workshop registrants immediately [...]