Aug 06 2007
It seems that lock picking keeps growing each time I go to Defcon. There were vendors, LPCON 5, and the lock picking village.
In the lock picking village, there were a bunch of demo stations setup to practice on. But because it was so crowded, it seemed like you could only get advice if you were […]
Popularity: 16% [?]
Aug 02 2007
The Spice Market Buffet at Planet Hollywood is rated a one of the best buffets for your money, and I can’t agree more with that rating. For $26 or so, there was a huge assortment of food, and of good quality. From what I can remember, there was Italian, Asian, American, Mexican, Middle Eastern, seafood, […]
Popularity: 15% [?]
Aug 02 2007
Another first time event was a competition between two groups of two, to identify as many vulnerabilities in jspwiki within an hour.
There were two commentators to explain was what going on. Looking at people find vulnerabilities in a web application is somewhat boring, but the commentators kept it interesting with funny interview questions.
In […]
Popularity: 9% [?]
Aug 02 2007
In the beginning of Jennifer’s talk to on disclosure and intellectual property law, she stated that she will be working for the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) starting next month. Her reason for leaving Stanford is that she is done with creating good lawyers, now she wants to create better law. The crowds cheered as she […]
Popularity: 11% [?]
Aug 02 2007
Led by Dave Goldsmith, Dave Aitel, Dino Dai Zovi, HD Moore and Alexander Sotirov, the first ever pwnie awards were given. The categories were best server-side bug, best client-side bug, mass 0wnage, most innovative research, lamest vendor response, most overhyped bug, and best song.
I got there a bit late, so I only caught half of […]
Popularity: 4% [?]
Aug 02 2007
With a double slot for talking, HD Moore and Valsmith took the stage talking about new tools and obscure techniques for penetration testing. They were the only ones to have a double slot, and lots of material was covered.
Here is a list of things they covered:
HTTP PUT and DELETE now in an AUX […]
Popularity: 6% [?]