Events Related: The UCSB iCTF – uscb.edu The UCSB International Capture The Flag (also known as the iCTF) is a distributed, wide-area security exercise, whose goal is to test the security skills of the participants. Another #sectorca has come and gone – anti-virus-rants.blogspot.com It just so happens i took quite a few notes this year [...]

Events Related: Getting Into Information Security Intelligence Gathering: A BlueHat v10 Retrospective from Speakers Ian Iftach Amit and Fyodor Yarochkin – technet.com Having a chance to share this kind of research and finding like-minded individuals who are busy working the same angles is a real treat, and one of the major quality assurance measures we [...]

Events Related: ToorCon related news Some Results from the ToorCon Security Conference – connectedinternet.co.uk Hackers, security researchers at the ToorCon security conference in San Diego showed how easy it can be to poke holes in hardware and software with the right combination of tools, know-how, and good old fashioned cat curiosity. ToorCon: New Apps, Old [...]

Events Related: MIRCon, A Look Back I have the good fortune this week of being able to attend Mandiant’s Incident Response Conference (MIRcon) in Alexandria, Virginia, and so far it’s a very good time. Review: Mandiant’s Incident Response Conference (MIRCon) Day 1 – sans.org Review: Mandiant’s Incident Response Conference (MIRCon) Day 2 – sans.org Some [...]

Events Related: Ekoparty 2010 Wrap-Up – dvlabs.tippingpoint.com The reason that Ekoparty is the premier conference in South America can be summed up in one word: collaboration. Metasploit Unleashed, Again! – offensive-security.com As new features are being added to the Metasploit Framework, we are attempting to add them to the Wiki in order to keep our [...]

Events Related: EnergySec Summit Recap – digitalbond.com The “Intersection of Security and Compliance” conference theme turned out to be largely an indictment of NERC CIP. What I learned at Brucon 2010 – pauldotcom.com Bottom line: Brucon was awesome! And now my “trademark” post on what I learned (with lots of pictures) BruCon 2010 Training & [...]

Events Related: Security BSides Kansas City Re-cap – infosecramblings.com BSidesKC was a one day, one track conference packed full of great talks given by great speakers. Below you will find brief descriptions of each talk along with links to the slides where available. What I personally learned at CyberRAID – h-i-r.net Blind SQL injection and [...]

Events Related: AppSec News AppSecUSA – Day 1 – You Missed A Good One - michael-coates.blogspot.com AppSecUSA – Day 2 – You Missed A Good One – michael-coates.blogspot.com DEFCON 18 Social-Engineer CTF Contest Findings Report Summary – social-engineer.org One of the most alarming findings was that it doesn’t take a seasoned expert in social engineering to [...]

Resources: Malware Dashboards Very beautiful Dashboard about malware on http://www.malwaregroup.com/ (using the google API, i think) @ToolsWatch Another great Malware & Attacks Dashboard https://lebahnetmini.honeynet.org.my/account/login (author is @m4ysix) @ToolsWatch The Usability of Passwords – mcafee.com Take the time to read this and please pass it on to your friends. We all use passwords every day – [...]

Events Related: Slideshow: Fashion Statements from DEFCON 2010 – darkreading.com Hackers express themselves in more ways than just code. Security is a major theme at VMworld 2010. – vmware.com VMware launched 3 products under the vShield umbrella, to secure virtualized environments all the way from the edge to the endpoint. Resources: IT Security Database – [...]