Event Related Hackito Ergo Sum 2012 TALKS // Hackito Ergo Sum 2012 - 2012.hackitoergosum.org In this presentation we will cover critical aspects of web applications, and how these techniques can be used on real life scenario on big (and highly “secured”) websites. These bugs and methods will be able to assist you in your next [...]
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 [...]
Event Related AppSecDC AppSecDC Recap: Old Webshells, New Tricks - novainfosecportal.com Back in the day web shells were all the rage so I was curious what “new” was happening in this area. Ryan Kazanciyan started off with a summary of some of the more poplar web shells he’s seen in the past several years. AppSecDC [...]
Event Related Pwn2Own Lesson From Pwn2Own: Focus On Exploitability - darkreading.com The Pwn2Own contest earlier this month at the CanSecWest Conference showed off the speed with which knowledgeable security professionals can code exploits for known vulnerabilities. On the failings of Pwn2Own 2012 - scarybeastsecurity.blogspot.com This year's Pwn2Own and Pwnium contests were interesting for many reasons. [...]
Event Related CanSecWest 2012 Hardware Involved Software Attack - forristal.com Material for CanSecWest 2012 by Jeff ForristralVulnerability analysis, practical data flow analysis and visualization - blogs.technet.com Recently at CanSecWest 2012, we presented on the technology we use for analyzing malicious samples and PoC files. As malware often actively attempts to exploit software vulnerabilities these days, [...]
Event Related Black Hat Europe 2012 Summaries, Updates and Tools BlackHat Europe 2012 Day #1 Wrap-Up - blog.rootshell.be BlackHat is back in Europe and, this year, they moved back to Amsterdam! This edition also introduced a new format: A three-days conference with three simultaneous tracks. BlackHat Europe 2012 Day #2 Wrap-Up - rootshell.be And I’m [...]
Event Related CanSecWest CanSecWest evolving - blog.securiteam.com Let me say, right off the top, that I love CanSecWest. I am tired of “vendor” conferences, where you pay outrageous fees for the privilege of sitting through a bunch of sales pitches. At least CanSecWest has real information, as opposed to virtual information. CanSecWest Day 1 Pen [...]
Event Related RSA Conference 2012 RSA Conference 2012: Stress and burnout in infosec careers- csoonline.com IT security professionals are experiencing extreme levels of stress and burnout, but they have few places to turn for help. RSA Conference Photos- tripwire.com Here are our photos from the RSA Conference 2012. Each day of the show, we asked [...]
Resources A look at ASLR in Android Ice Cream Sandwich 4.0 - blog.duosecurity.com For the uninitiated, ASLR randomizes where various areas of memory (eg. stack, heap, libs, etc) are mapped in the address space of a process. The Ultimate OS X Hardening Guide Collection - isc.sans.edu Many security professionals tend to use OS X systems. [...]
Event Related OWASP AppSec USA 2011 Schedule/Slides/Video - appsecusa.org Schedule, slides, and video for OWASP AppSec USA 2011 - September 20-23 ShmooCon 2012 - January 27-29 - Presentations - shmoocon.org ShmooCon 2012 Presentations and Videos available here. FOSDEM 2012 - First video recordings uploaded! - fosdem.org We are pleased to announce that the first video [...]