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SANSFIRE Infosec Conference Event

grecs — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 03:51:54 +0000

As many of you probably already know SANS will be running the SANSFIRE infosec conference event later this month. Here are the logistics for this year’ conference:

Who: SANS
What: SANSFIRE
When: 7/22 – 7/31/2008
Where: Wardman Park Marriott Hotel (2660 Woodley Road, NW; Washington, DC 20008; 202-328-2000)

For more information on SANSFIRE, see its description in our Infosec Conferences section. See SANS’s conference page for more information.

“Hack” of ShmooCon’s “Hack-or-Halo” Contest at White Wolf Security

grecs — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 15:50:27 +0000

I came across the “Hack” part of the “Hack-or-Halo” challenge for this year’s ShmooCon on White Wolf Security’s web site. The contest page contains clue and answer sheets as well as the main VM used in the game. See our ShmooCon 2008 Infosec Conference Event – Friday post for this contest’s original description.

Learn Security Online Infosec Hacking Challenge Event: CrackMe 0×03

grecs — Sat, 12 Apr 2008 19:22:17 +0000

Learn Security Online has released an infosec hacking challenge event titled “CrackMe 0×03.” In this contest there are no specific questions to answer. All that is required is you detail how you solved the challenge. For more information on Learn Security Online, see its description in our Training resource section. Here is a link to their original post about this hacking challenge.

Ed Skoudis’s Monthly Challenges Infosec Hacking Challenge Event: It Happened One Friday

grecs — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 20:16:27 +0000

Ed Skoudis’s Monthly Challenges has released an infosec hacking challenge event titled “It Happened One Friday.”In this contest you are given a series of UNIX-style commands and asked what happened and why. For more information on Ed Skoudis’s Monthly Challenges, see its description in our Training resource section. Here is a link to Ed Skoudis’s Monthly Challenges original post about this hacking challenge.

New Training Resource Section

grecs — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 04:29:25 +0000

We’ve added a new training resource section that will provide an in-depth look into hacking challenges, courses, conferences, and formal university education options for infosec professionals based in or around the Northern Virginia (NoVA) area.