Archive for the ‘ Security ’ Category
Earlier today, I found an interesting read on the TrendMicro blog, on what might be the greatest and most resilient Web 2.0 malware known to date – Koobface. 
They even have a well-documented pdf about Koobface to go with the blog article.
Enjoy the lecture! 
Tomorrow, 10 a.m., same location.
I’ll be talking about network security best practices.
UPDATE. Here’s the presentation:
After the first session, this Saturday hosted another meeting with the people attending my White Hat Hacking course in UBB.
Fewer people showed up, but then again, it was an awfully cold morning. 
Nonetheless, here’s my second presentation, this time on privacy and wireless network hacking:
Since the first part was also recorded (video), I’ll probably get the recording online somewhere. As soon as that happens, I’ll post it here as well.
As far as the next meeting goes, it will most likely be on Saturday, December 6th, same location. The topics are still open, so you can email your suggestions until the end of this week.
The first session of my White Hat Hacking course in UBB took place today. Thanks to the awesome poster that Mihai put together for the event, more than 70 people showed up. Lots of interesting (and interested) people nonetheless, and even if the audience was “quieter” than usual – it was quite a pleasant experience overall. We’ll be meeting over the next 2-3 weeks as well, discussing topics such as privacy, wireless networks, systems security and penetration testing.
Later edit: here is the presentation. I also reused the content from my old presentation on social engineering, so there’s nothing new for those who have already seen it.
The next meeting is Saturday, 22nd of November, 10am, same location (FSEGA/ISE building, room C310).
I returned from TechEd ITPro last night, after a very long and interesting week. Quite a few amazing sessions with Steve Riley, Mark Minasi, Jesper Johansson, Mark Russinovich and many others. Lots of interaction in the “Ask the Experts” area, and plenty of new business opportunities as well.
All in all, the event was a pretty good one. Well, maybe except from the food. But that’s usually a general thing, since I’m a vegetarian. On two of my four flights this past week, the airline (TAROM) apparently “forgot” my previously confirmed request for a vegetarian meal. Even more so, when they brought the food (which was all with meat), I asked them what they can provide instead of that, and I was just told “we’re sorry sir, but we can’t really give you anything else – we’re not vegetarian ourselves!”. I mean, WHAT?!
They did have vegetarian meals at the conference, but I believe people fail to grasp the concept of being a vegetarian. They probably think salads contain enough nutrients, or that they can provide the needed vegetal proteins. But food-related things aside, the conference was a real success in my view.
I have no regret whatsoever as far as the sessions I chose to attend go (we’ll get all the others on a DVD anyway). Most of them were sessions which are a must-see, such as “Do these ten things now or else get 0wn3d!”, “Virtualization and Security: what does it mean for me?”, “How IT will change in the next 10 years and why should I care?”, “Privacy: the why, what and how”, “Q&A – Privacy, to be or not to be”, “It’s the 21st century: time to throw away your medieval gateways”, “The fine art of security panacea, achievable or not?”, “Naked dancing pigs and Werner Heisenberg: how security changes everything”, “The case of the unexplained”, “Anatomy of a hack” and several others, the ones here coming from the speakers I mentioned above.
I didn’t get much time to visit Barcelona, so I don’t have that many pictures. Even so, as soon as I sort them out, I’ll upload them online. I’ve sorted them a bit, so here they are.
The hotel was ok, the main quality being its central location. And again, thanks to Microsoft Romania for providing some very fun and interesting evening meetings all week long!
I’m now looking forward to my white hat hacking lab starting this weekend, since I see that the things are getting pretty hot already by just reading the comments… 
If you like the color orange and like to see IT geeks beating up on zombies, secret agents, ninjas and aliens, head to the Forefront site. You’ll also find a free public beta download of the integrated security software that was released quietly earlier this year. But honestly, even just the zombies, secret agents, ninjas and aliens are definitely worth your while.
Yup, a fun couple of Fridays coming up!…
First, April 11th, 2 pm:
Microsoft | Academic Tour, UBB Cluj – where I’ll be speaking about Windows Server 2008 and SQL Server 2008.
Next, April 18th, 2 pm:
ITBoard Meeting, Cluj-Napoca – I’m in charge of organizing this community event, dedicated to IT Professionals in general, and the ITBoard community in particular. I’ll most likely speak about Windows Server 2008 here as well.
The links take you to the registration pages for the events. See you there!
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