Events Related: MalCon, a security event for malware authors Spread across the world, malcoders now have a common platform to demonstrate expertise, get a new insight and be a part of the global MALCODER community. MalCon: A Call for ‘Ethical Malcoding’ – krebsonsecurity.com New Conference Wants to Bring Malware Writers Out of the Shadows – [...]

Events Related: “Crack Me If You Can” – DEFCON 2010 – korelogic.com The core-count for teams using clusters or EC2 are rough equivalents based on the number of compute-hours they report having used. See each teams’ specific writeup for more details. BSidesLasVegas Recap – Day 1 – novainfosecportal.com Since I took the most notes on [...]

Event-Related News: Black Hat too commercial for you? – networkworld.com Two premiere security conferences — Black Hat and DefCon — run back-to-back in Las Vegas this week, each with their own distinct flavor. How to follow #Blackhat / #Defcon / #BsidesLV without being there (updated x4) – security4all.be The first tool is to use twitter [...]

Events Related: (Def) #ConSurvival – h-i-r.net Some practical tips on how to get through DefCon BlackHat and DefCon Tips: 2010/N00b Edition – it.toolbox.com More things to remember on your next Vegas security event BlackHat Track Schedule – uktek.com A full schedule of the when and where certain talks are going to be held. Tools: Ubitack [...]

Events Related: RECON 2010: The best conference ever in the worst hotel ever – ncircle.com It was held in Montreal from July 9th to the 11th at a supposedly posh hotel where the air-conditioning wasn’t working at all building-wide during a heat wave. SOUPS Keynote & Slides – emergentchaos.com In “Engineers Are People, Too” Adam [...]

Events Related: Third SHB Workshop – schneier.com This is a two-day gathering of computer security researchers, psychologists, behavioral economists, sociologists, philosophers, and others. HiTB News HiTB  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. [...]

Events Related: Security BSides Las Vegas announcements – uncommonsensesecurity.com The first few talks confirmed are great and there are plenty more killer talks to be announced. KartCon2010 – owasp.org RSVP now to the 5th Annual OWASP KartCon 2010! Penetration Testing Summit 2010 – tenablesecurity.com The SANS Penetration Testing Summit was held this year at the [...]

Events Related: The Ninth Workshop on the Economics of Information Security (WEIS 2010) – econinfosec.org Program for the upcoming Harvard security event. HackMiami Pwn-Off – n00bz.net Time to fire up the test machines because we have a battle royal. Workshop on the economics of information security 2010 – lightbluetouchpaper.org The workshop kicked off with a [...]

Events Related: Front Range OWASP Conference 2010 – owasp.org The official wiki/site of the FROC 2010  Resources: The History of Hacking – onlinemba.com Hacking has been around as long as computers as a way to reconfigure or reprogram a system to give access to someone who otherwise shouldn’t have access.  Tools: Released Buster Sandbox Analyzer [...]

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, [...]