In the continuing saga of posts while Dave’s away…
Here’s Dave (with Net Sec Podcasters Martin and Rich) at RSA – have to say he looks all super professional. (Thanks to @kriggins for the pic, and sorry you’re not in it @securityincite!)
Well done Dave!
It’s been a while since I’ve put a post up here at ye olde bloge and despite the recommendation of many, I think it’s time to break the silence.
2009 was one heck of a year. 2010 is going to be ’same as before, but with feeling!’
Lets just review shall we?
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Hey everyone – just wanted to report in from the late night here at Hacking At Random 2009.
It’s been a whirlwind day – started the day before yesterday in the middle of the night as I started my hopping from one part of the world to a place 1/4 of the world away. It took a while but it is very worth it – the Hackers on a Plane experience is one to be experienced and I would highly encourage anyone curious about going to a european hacker conference try it out.
The HAR2009 conference is a miracle which (sorry DT, Zach, and the teams) dwarfs the amount of effort required to “spin up” the DEFCON conference. These guys start with about 3 “built” rooms spread over several sections of field and don’t just spin up the conference support infrastructure, but also largely the support structure for the “rooms” and all of the power and communications interface for hundreds of tents.
It’s something to see.
I will be posting more followups and also an image gallery to try and bring this event more to life for you all.
In the mean time, you can tune in to HARFM and listen to interviews and other interesting things coming from HAR2009. And if you happen to be at HAR2009, make sure you’re at my talk (with Tiffany Rad) on Saturday at 1700 local time.
Hey there everyone…
It can be surmised that it took me until today to actually recover from a week in Vegas, and you wouldn’t be too far off the reality of the story.
I am doing a more complete write up on the experience of being a Blackhat speaker, DEFCON panelist, contest leader, and speaker — but that’s going to take longer than I have right now.
Here’s some links that may come in handy:
- Blackhat Slides and Whitepaper for Your Mind: Legal Status, Rights and Securing Yourself
- DEFCON Slides for Your Mind: Legal Status, Rights and Securing Yourself
I’ll post pictures, videos, and additional notes, thoughts and comments on Vegas as soon as I can.
Oh – and DEFCON 18 is on but DEFCON 19 is already canceled.
(CC licensed image is from geoperdis’ flickr stream)
If you’re going to be in Vegas this week and looking for something to do, there are even some events which offer more than just fun – they offer fun and some altruism too.
WHAT: THE SUMMIT
WHERE: Located at the Riviera. TOP OF THE RIVIERA – Monaco Tower
WHEN: Doors open at 8:30pm
Auction (Special and Rare items)
Speakers and Presentations
DJ’s
All Style Drinks available from Riviera Bartenders
WHO: Over 50 Guest Speakers have RSVP’d (Both Tiffany and I will be there)
EFF will be present for questions
VIP of DEFCON and BLACKHAT
WHY: To raise Money for the EFF (www.eff.org)
To raise awareness of Digital Rights
To speak one on one with your favorite speakers
COST: $ 30.00 Per Person (Please bring cash if possible)
You are encouraged to donate as much as possible
Students are $ 15.00 under 21 w/ ID
Cash Only Please bring correct change or Donate to EFF !
DRESS: Standard Defcon evening wear (Wear what you want)
This is the premier fundraiser for the EFF organization at DEFCON. Our goal is to raise as much money as possible for the EFF and their efforts. You will have an opportunity to speak directly to key speakers, technical wizards and other folks of Defcon and Blackhat. The EFF will also be onsite to answer questions and sell memberships.
This is the event to attend to kick off DEFCON. Conveniently scheduled after the TBBQ and 101 talks on Thursday.
SPECIAL NOTE: We will also be raising money for the Make-a-Wish foundation, this is in honor of Vegas 2.0 which has hosted the Summit for the last several years and will return next year. Look for special Make-a-Wish buckets around the room.
As noticed by one of our loyal readers – thanks ax0n!
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I’m down to counting HOURS until departure for Blackhat / SecurityBSides / Neighborcon / DEFCON / ZOMG!VEGAS!!!!1!!!
Hope to see you all there – note that there is a ton of LSD shwag this year, so it would be good to memorize the faces on the About page.
A few updates for those of our readers who don’t tune in to the Twitter…
In addition to the talk I gave at Notacon 6 — From a Black Hat to a Black Suit: The Econopocalypse Now Edition, working with my awesome research partner Tiffany Rad has proven to be awesome – our talk “Your Mind: Legal Status, Rights and Securing Yourself” has been accepted to a number of leading security conferences.
You can catch us at:
- Blackhat USA Briefings – July 29-30 – Las Vegas, NV, USA
- DEFCON 17 – July 31-Aug 2 – Las Vegas, NV, USA
- HAR 2009 (Hacking At Random) – August 13-16 – Vierhouten, Netherlands
- SecTor 2009 – October 5-7 – Toronto, ON, Canada
The talk is going to be fast paced and will generally cause mind-warping of audience members.
As a participant in the information economy, you no longer exclusively own material originating from your organic brain; you leave a digital trail with your portable device‚ as transmitted communications and when your image is captured by surveillance cameras. Likewise, if you Tweet or blog, you have outsourced a large portion of your memory and some of your active cognition to inorganic systems. U.S. and International laws relating to protection of intellectual property and criminal search and seizure procedures puts into question protections of these ephemeral communications and memoranda stored on your personal computing devices, in cloud computing networks, on off-shore “subpoena proof” server platforms, or on social networking sites. Although once considered to be futuristic technologies, as we move our ideas and memories onto external devices or are subjected to public surveillance with technology (Future Attribute Screening Technology) that assesses pre-crime thoughts by remotely measuring biometric data such as heart rate, body temperature, pheromone responses, and respiration, where do our personal privacy rights to our thoughts end and, instead, become public expressions with lesser legal protections? Similarly, at what state does data in-transit or stored in implantable medical devices continuously connected to the Internet become searchable? In a society in which there is little differentiation remaining between self/computer, thoughts/stored memoranda, and international boundaries, a technology lawyer/computer science professor and a security professional will recommend propositions to protect your data and yourself.
In other security conference news, I’m working with Nikita on a DEFCON Contest – the 10,000¢ Hacker Pyramid — You can read all about it and keep up with updates on the official game page or by following @HackerPyramid on the Twitter.
If you’d like access to video or slides of my previous talks, please drop a line to me and I’ll see what I can do.
It’s a busy year this year, but I’m enjoying the ride!
(article image from foreverdigital’s CC Flickr stream)
Notacon 6 - April 16-19, 2009 - Cleveland, OH
I think that it’s quite overdue to wrap up the bundle of awesome that was Notacon 6.
The whole con was quite awesome. There were brilliant talks and not-so-brilliant talks. There were friends, drinks, food and the camaraderie of “fitting in” for a bit of a change. Long conversations that lasted well into the night… hackerspaces, amateur radio, games, art, commerce… It’s still all reverberating in my head.
I gave away more than 600 stickers – hope you got a few of them.
I thoroughly enjoyed all of the talks that I was able to be present for and there are quite a few that I look forward to catching on-line later. In case mine was one that you wanted to watch, feel free to have a look at the video below, and as always, comments are welcome.
BlackHat to a BlackSuit – Econopocalypse Now – Notacon 6 from James Arlen on Vimeo.
If you happen to have pics or video, please let me know – I saw a few camera focus lights out there in the crowd…
Notacon continues to excessive levels of awesome.
I know I didn’t post yesterday at all, but frankly, I can’t actually remember much about yesterday – it was a whirlwind of activity from start to finish.
Today, the sky over Cleveland is a little grey and the mood is somewhat more repressed as we all get ready to head back to our respective corners of the world.
I’ll have a more detailed write-up later but for now, know that if you haven’t been to Notacon. You need to be at Notacon.
(CC licensed picture from centralsq’s flickr stream)
Tags: notacon, conference, cleveland
The awesome continues at Notacon!
Several things to discuss:
- The facilities are awesome. I know that it’s convenient to make fun of Cleveland, but damn. It’s pretty, it’s VERY well kept, and has lots of charm to go with the character. Yes, it’s a rust-belt city, but I live in a rust-belt city and we need to take care of our own. The hotel is fabulous. In all honesty, it’s in significantly better condition than Caesar’s Palace was last summer in Vegas. Yes, it was recently remodeled, but they did it right.
- Quality of talks has been absolutely world class. I caught Michele Martaus talking about “‘Pilates’ for Common Cubicle Injuries”, jumped into Jason Scott giving us a history lesson in “Super Jason Scott Presentation 64″ and then carnal0wnage and g0ne with “Attacking Layer 8: Client Side Penetration Testing”. Each one of the talks has given me at least three thoughts to take away.I followed the rules and didn’t photograph any speakers.
- The totally awesome “Smart Chair” in the room we’re in… a comfy leather chair, with proper lumbar support and movable lap-desk wings and a power jack in the front of the arm. It seems to be made entirely of win.
Tags: cleveland, cleveland rocks, wyndham hotels, smart chair, notacon, Jason Scott, carnal0wnage, g0ne, Michele Martaus
