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The 2010 MVP Summit experience

I’ve just returned from this year’s MVP Summit, and it’s been quite an experience! Got the chance to talk with a few fellow MVPs, and most of all, got to spend a couple of amazing days with Ben, Mike and the rest of the Virtualization team in the Microsoft Campus over in Redmond (or the “NDA Campus”, as people ended up calling it on twitter, due to obvious reasons). We were among the few “privileged” MVPs that got a good load of “super duper secret special NDA” material. But all I can say right now (while still under NDA) is that really cool things are coming, and they’re well worth the wait! :)

The Sheraton in Bellevue was also a very nice location to stay in, and Bellevue in itself is quite a treat. The flight to New Jersey wasn’t as pleasant as I would have expected though, but hey – you win some, you lose some, I guess.

I’ll be staying in the US for another 2 weeks or so, getting to go to New York, Miami and Las Vegas. Should be fun!

2010
02/21
CATEGORY
Events
Life
MVP
Microsoft
Travelling
Virtualization
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White Hat Hacking course round-up

Okay, now that the WHH course is over, here’s a quick link to all the presentations [in Romanian]:

Also, for all those who attended the course, I have some extra content available for download on whh.tudy.ro. For the ones that weren’t present at the last meeting: you may contact me directly for access. ;)

A big thanks to MAP UBB for their help in organizing this, and of course to all the attendees, along with a note that I’m still available for any questions/discussions you might want to raise on the subject. :)

2009
12/06
CATEGORY
Events
Life
Security
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White Hat Hacking course #3

This Saturday I’m holding the third and last part of my White Hat Hacking course.

This one is going to address information security (malware, botnets, phishing, crimeware, scareware, ddos attacks, etc), web threats (SQLi, XSS, CSRF, RFI) and some general network/security best practices.

The time and place are the same as previously announced.

2009
12/01
CATEGORY
Events
Life
Security
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White Hat Hacking course #2

After last week’s meeting, where we talked about hacking ethics and social engineering, tomorrow it’s time for the second part of my WHH course – this time about privacy, social media security and wireless networks.

The time and location are the same. :)

2009
11/27
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Events
Life
Security
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White Hat Hacking course

Just got back from Sinergija ’09 in Belgrade, thus the delay in announcing this: after last year’s course‘s positive feedback, I’ll be holding the White Hat Hacking course again this year, starting tomorrow.

Even if it’s roughly the same outline as last year, there’s going to be some extra/updated content. To sum things up, I’ll be addressing topics such as social engineering, hacking ethics, systems security attacks, penetration testing, web and wireless security.

You can find more details on the time and place of the event on the event page.

2009
11/20
CATEGORY
Events
Life
Security
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Windows 7 – academic launch

After last week’s Microsoft Academic Program opening in UBB Cluj, this week is time for the official academic launch of Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2. I’ll be the one talking a bit about the latter (Win 2008). :)

More details on the launch announcement page.

2009
11/05
CATEGORY
Events
Microsoft
Virtualization
Windows
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ATC – Green IT

This Wednesday (October 21st, 2009), I’ll be in Bucharest, attending the Agora Technology Conferences – Green IT session, where I’ve been invited as a speaker. So, if you’re in the area, you’re free and you’re interested in the topic, you might consider attending.

There’s no entry fee. :)

LATER EDIT: Here’s the full presentation (I used a shorter version during the event itself):

LATER EDIT 2: Here’s some pictures and videos from the event.

2009
10/19
CATEGORY
Events
Life
Microsoft
Travelling
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