A research paper that I recently authored entitled Mnemonic Password Formulas was published on Monday in Uninformed Journal Vol. 7. It’s essentially some research that I’ve done on the deficiencies in existing methods for memorability and manageability of passwords as well as documentation of a new method for the same that I’ve termed “Mnemonic Password […]
ToorCon Seattle (Beta) in Seattle was a new experiment by the ToorCon folks. It was essentially an informal and free invite-only conference, total attendance numbering around 150, with a single track of speakers each having 20 minutes to speak on their current (and potentially in-progress) research. The format was very similar to the format that […]
BlueHat v5, held at the Microsoft campus in Redmond, is Microsoft’s own little hacker conference. It’s an invite only conference, however I was able to get an invite through a colleague. Normally I wouldn’t be interested in a Microsoft-centric security conference, as the large majority of my research targets have nothing to do with Microsoft […]
Apparently, my employer launched the new TippingPoint DVLabs website when I wasn’t looking. Click through and check it out, it’s pretty slick. Not only do they have bios of all the team members, but each member page pulls data from all the other areas of the site like upcoming and published advisories, appearances, blog posts, […]
Since the early ’90s, when I first really started getting into information security and the hacking scene, I’ve always found immense value in social hacker meetings. Back then all I had was my local 2600 meeting, however today, depending on your place of residence, there may be many different types of meetings available to you […]
In a couple of weeks I’ll be heading to Seattle for Microsoft’s internal security conference, BlueHat, and ToorCon’s invite-only conference, ToorCon Seattle (Beta). I’ve never been to BlueHat before, but that’s not really surprising since most of my research targets, both now and in the past, have had absolutely nothing to do with Microsoft products. […]
I’ve been invited to speak during the Black Track at the Black and White Ball this September which is being held at the Ministry of Sound in London. I’ll be presenting on some new research I’ve been working on involving VoIP and steganography. The presentation will be entitled “Real-time Steganography with RTP.”
I maintain a Google calendar entitled “Information Security Conferences, Workshops, and Training”, and it contains dates for conferences, workshops, training, CFP deadlines, and related events. I inadvertently announced it to the InfoSec research community by way of a response to a recent post on the Daily Dave email list asking about such a calendar. Since […]
During the first 3 hour leg of my trip, I finished the slides for my talk. During the second, 8 hour leg of my trip, I managed to sleep for about 5 of them. I arrived at 7 am local time, took an hour to get through customs and get my baggage, another hour to […]
I love Diebold, I really do… they’re a non-stop fountain of hilarity… I can’t believe they are still in business.