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Information Security Events for October

. Here are the information security events in North America this month: 20th Virus Bulletin International Conference: September 29 - October 1 in Vancouver Workshop on Managing Systems via Log Analysis and Machine Learning Techniques: October 3 in Vancouver Hacker Halted: October 9 - 15 in Miami BlueHat v10: A Security Odyssey: October 14 -15 [...]

Week 37 in Review – 2010

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 [...]

Information Security Events for September

. Here are the information security events in North America this month: AppSec USA 2010: September 7 -10 in Irvine The International Symposium on Visualization for Computer Security (VizSec):  September 14 in Ottawa ISSA International Conference: September 15 - 17 in Atlanta The 13th International Symposium on Recent Advances in Intrusion Detection (RAID): September 15 [...]

Week 33 in Review – 2010

Events Related: Conference swag #defcon 9 to 18 badges laying around. (minus my missing dc 7, 8 or 12 badges) - @blackfeathers defcon badges & other security conference passes - flickr.com Metasploit Express crucial to win in South Florida ISSA Hack the Flag - rapid7.com Seven teams participated, defending systems running a variety of off-the-shelf [...]

Week 31 in Review – 2010

Events Related: BlackHat / DefCon 18 related posts Highlights from Black Hat and Defcon - readwriteweb.com Here's our round-up of highlights from the two security events from around the web. Black Hat & DEFCON Observations - bobbydominguez.com Both cons have their own distinct culture and participants, but you’ll see Black Hat attendees stay for the [...]

Week 26 in Review 2010

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. [...]

Information Security Events in June

. 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 17 in Review – 2010

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 [...]

Week 15 in Review – 2010

Events Related: Announcing 1st Workshop: Malicious PDF Analysis - brucon.org Didier Stevens talks about PDFiD and pdf-parser at Brucon this year. MSU Red Team – Fun, Success - mcgrewsecurity.com This CCDC was a “practice” run for two Alaskan teams and two Hawaiian teams. Resources: Cell Phone Security - cellphones.org With the increased capabilities and conveniences [...]

Week 13 in Review – 2010

Events Related: CanSecWest posts A round-up of the events in the recent Canadian conference CanSecWest 2010 Day 1 - sophos.com CanSecWest 2010 day 2 summary - sophos.com CanSecWest 2010 day 3 summary - sophos.com Hacker Olympics: a shout-out from Vancouver, BC! - technet.com Videos in Hack in the Box - hitb.org Videos of the keynotes [...]