Hack.lu 2018 Wrap-Up Day #2

The second day started early with an eye-opener talk: “IPC – the broken dream of inherent security” by Thanh Bui. IPC or “Inter-Process Communications” are everywhere. You can compare them as a network connection between a client and a server but inside the operating system. The idea of Thanh’s research was

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Hack.lu 2018 Wrap-Up Day #1

The 14th edition (!) of hack.lu is ongoing in Luxembourg. I arrived yesterday to attend the MISP summit which was a success. It’s great to see that more and more people are using this information sharing platform to fight bad guys! Today, the conference officially started with the regular talk. I

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GovWare 2018 survey: Challenges include resources and open source use

In September 2018, Synopsys Software Integrity Group, Asia Pacific, participated in the 27th edition of GovernmentWare. The GovWare conference anchors Singapore International Cyber Week, which promotes the development and innovation of the cyber ecosys… Continue reading GovWare 2018 survey: Challenges include resources and open source use

Wanna Come to BruCON? Solve This Challenge!

Wow, 10  years already! In a few weeks, this is the 10th edition of BruCON or the “0x0A edition“. If you know me or follow me, you probably know that I’m part of this wonderful experience since the first edition. I’m also sponsoring the conference through my company with a

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Hack.lu 2018 is ahead!

During this summer, I went to SANSFire, Defcon and BSidesLV. Usually, the month of September is lighter without big events for me. This is to prepare for the next wave of conferences ahead! Of course, BruCON will be held on the first week of October but, especially, Hack.lu which remains one of my favourite

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BSidesLV Preview: Who Watches the Watchers?: Understanding the Internet’s Background Noise

The instant a device is connected to the internet, it gets scanned and interrogated for open ports, software versions, and default passwords. Who conducts these scans and why? When you connect to the internet, what kind of attacks will you immediately … Continue reading BSidesLV Preview: Who Watches the Watchers?: Understanding the Internet’s Background Noise

BSidesLV Preview: Who Watches the Watchers?: Understanding the Internet’s Background Noise

The instant a device is connected to the internet, it gets scanned and interrogated for open ports, software versions, and default passwords. Who conducts these scans and why? When you connect to the internet, what kind of attacks will you immediately … Continue reading BSidesLV Preview: Who Watches the Watchers?: Understanding the Internet’s Background Noise

Pass-The-Salt 2018 Wrap-Up Day #3

The day three started quietly (let’s call this fact the post-social event effect) with a set of presentations around Blue Team activities. Alexandre Dulaunoy from CIRCL presented “Fail frequently to avoid disaster” or how to organically build an open threat intelligence sharing standard to keep the intelligence community free and sane!

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Pass-The-Salt 2018 Wrap-Up Day #2

When you have a look at the schedule of infosec conferences, the number of events is already very high. There is one at least every week around the world. So, when a new one is born and is nice, it must be mentioned. “Pass-The-Salt” (SALT means “Security And Libre Talks“)

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