Events Related Impressions From DEF CON 24: The Machines Are Rising - securityintelligence.com DEF CON 24, the world’s largest hacker conference, ended Aug. 7, and I must say I enjoyed every moment of it. There was so much to see in so little time; I definitely regret missing some great stuff that happened. Even so, [...]
Resources HackerOne Connects Hackers With Companies, and Hopes for a Win-Win – nytimes.com HackerOne is a San Francisco tech start-up that aims to become a mediator between companies with cybersecurity issues and hackers who are looking to solve problems rather than cause them. They hope their outfit can persuade other hackers to responsibly report security flaws, [...]
Resources Today I Am Releasing Ten Million Passwords – xato.net A carefully-selected set of data provides great insight into user behavior and is valuable for furthering password security. So Mark Burnett built a data set of ten million usernames and passwords that he is releasing to the public domain. BSides Huntsville 2015 Videos – irongeek.com These are [...]
Events Related ArchC0n ’14 Report – www.digitalbond.com Dale Peterson spoke at the inaugural ArchC0n in St. Louis this Saturday. The main reason he chose to go to this IT security event was they had Richard Bejtlich, Bruce Schneier and Charlie Miller as keynotes. Quite a haul for the first run. Here are some of the items [...]
Black Hat USA Briefings Giveaway Enter to win an Black Hat USA 2014 Briefings ticket worth $2,2000 from Infosec Events Events Related Hack in Paris 2014 Wrap-Up Day #1 – blog.rootshell.be Hack in Paris, a French security conference held in Disneyland Resort Paris. The conference started with a sunny sky over the conference centre in the [...]
Event Related A cyber weapon - alexmgeorge.wordpress.com At RSA 2012 Dave Aitel made a presentation wherein he defined cyber weapons a bit outside of how people normally think. The tried and true metaphor (which I admit to using) is that exploits or frameworks are like guns, and if they’re like guns then it’s easy to [...]