If you haven’t had a chance to already, be sure to check out the CharmSec meetup this upcoming Thursday, October 22nd.

Taking place over dinner and drinks, the CharmSec meetups are a relaxed way to meet local security professionals.

If you’d like more details about this meetup, continue reading below.

• Who: CharmSec
• What: Normal Meeting
• When: 10-22, 7:00 PM EST
• Where: Slainte (1700 Thames St. Baltimore, MD 21231)

For more information on CharmSec, see its description in our NoVA Meetups section. View our Calendar for a complete list of infosec events in and around the NoVA area. Also be sure to check out the CharmSec meetup page.

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If you haven’t had a chance to already, be sure to check out the CharmSec meetup this upcoming Thursday, September 24th.

Taking place over dinner and drinks, the CharmSec meetups are a relaxed way to meet local security professionals.

If you’d like more details about this meetup, continue reading below.

• Who: CharmSec
• What: Normal Meeting
• When: 09-24, 7:00 PM EST
• Where: Slainte (1700 Thames St. Baltimore, MD 21231)

For more information on CharmSec, see its description in our NoVA Meetups section. View our Calendar for a complete list of infosec events in and around the NoVA area. Also be sure to check out the CharmSec meetup page.

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If you haven’t had a chance to already, be sure to check out the CharmSec meetup this upcoming Wednesday, September 26th. 

Taking place over dinner and drinks, the CharmSec meetups are a relaxed way to meet local security professionals.

If you’d like more details about this meetup, continue reading below.

• Who: CharmSec
• What: Normal Meeting
• When: 08-26, 7:00 PM EST
• Where: Slainte (1700 Thames St. Baltimore, MD 21231)

For more information on CharmSec, see its description in our NoVA Meetups section. View our Calendar for a complete list of infosec events in and around the NoVA area. Also be sure to check out the CharmSec meetup page.

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If you haven’t already, be sure to check out CharmSec this upcoming Wednesday, July 29th. It’s a relaxed way to meet local security professionals through good food and good conversation.

If you’d like more details about this meetup, continue reading below.

• Who: CharmSec
• What: Normal Meeting
• When: 07-29, 7:00 PM EST
• Where: Slainte (1700 Thames St. Baltimore, MD 21231)

For more information on CharmSec, see its description in our NoVA Meetups section. View our Calendar for a complete list of infosec events in and around the NoVA area. Here is a link to the CharmSec meetup page.

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Just a quick reminder that the CharmSec infosec meetup event is tomorrow, May 27th. See our original post for more information. View our Calendar for a complete list of infosec events in and around the NoVA area.

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If you haven’t already, be sure to check out CharmSec this upcoming Wednesday. It’s a more relaxed way to meet local security professionals through the ever popular activity of dinner and drinks.

If you’d like more details about this meetup, continue reading below.

• Who: CharmSec
• What: Normal Meeting
• When: 05-27, 7:00 PM EST
• Where: Slainte (1700 Thames St. Baltimore, MD 21231)

For more information on CharmSec, see its description in our NoVA Meetups section. View our Calendar for a complete list of infosec events in and around the NoVA area. Here is a link to the CharmSec meetup page.

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So, what was on everyone’s minds this week? Spam… and the Swine Flu, apparently. Leave it to the spammers to take advantage of a horrible situation.

• Spammers will def b doing. RT @mckeay srt planning 4 the impact of the swine flu, as well as the spam that will inevitably srt circulating #
• Here comes the spam. RT @mckeay Just found the first swine flu spam in my own mailbox. What a surprise. Not. #
• Here’s the official US CERT warning. RT: @uscert_gov: Swine Flu Phishing Attacks and Email Scams http://tinyurl.com/cnjgne #
• SWINE FLU SPAM: @mckeay called it first about the forthcoming barrage of spam. http://tinyurl.com/d2cknl #
• MORE SWINE FLU: Then it started happening. Others tweeted it & several articles were written about it. Here’s one. http://tinyurl.com/dj6l88 #
• SWINE … FINAL: Ok, just one more comment. Spammers are very smart for doing this but it’s wrong! #commentary #
• SWINE SPAM: Not to much news today except a few articles on an increase in swine-related spam as expected. http://tinyurl.com/cw5kao #
• LOL RT @BrickandClick Want To Avoid Swine Flu? There’s An App For That Too -> http://bit.ly/t4Q9n #

As if the Swine Flu spam wasn’t bad enough, it turns out that the vulnerabilities in Adobe Reader are bigger than we thought.

• ADOBE VULN (CONT): Another article from The Register going into JavaScript issues in their products. http://tinyurl.com/cb4rhw #commentary #
• ADOBE VULN (CONT): As I noted earlier, scripting needs 2 b off by default! Or u can just use FoxIt as suggested by @jack_daniel. #commentary #
• ADOBE VULN: Another vulnerability caused by scripting. Geez, this needs to be off by default! http://tinyurl.com/ca44ys #commentary #
• New comment on “Another Adobe Reader security hole emerges” http://bit.ly/WmLrR #

When you pair both problems with the biggest security vulnerability of all time, it’s not pretty.

• CORE INFOSEC PROBLEM: Once again here is another story that shows people are the primary problem. http://tinyurl.com/d4p7uc #
• PEOPLE PROBLEMS: It all comes back 2 awareness training – and making it exciting and interesting. I know … this is hard to do. #commentary

But, on a more positive note, SANS held its AppSec Summit this week…

• RT: @IBMFedCyber: Anyone else going to the SANS AppSec Summit on Wednesday? I will be there.. would love to tweetup. #SANS #infosec #

And OWASP has officially announced AppSecDc 2009!

• RT @mubix RT @securitycfp: RT @AppSecDC09: AppSecDC 2009 Call 4 Papers & Call 4 Trainers now Open! Details hre: http://bit.ly/ZVgpO #CFP #
• RT @AppSecDC09 AppSecDC 2009 is looking 4 Volunteers. If interested join R mailing list! http://bit.ly/16CPc Or reply or DM yr interest hre #

But depending on what happens with some of the major cybersecurity acts in the next few months, AppSecDc might offer some different topics than normal.

• RT: @danphilpott: RT @ITCompliance: BREAKING: ICE Act would restructure #cybersecurity rule, create WH post http://bit.ly/JzYmC … #
• RT @danphilpott Washington Post has a link to a draft copy of the ICE Act: http://is.gd/v5UU (with a hat tip to @ITCompliance) #
• RT @danphilpott First article I’ve seen for yesterday’s ISC2 report on Fed CISO Cybersecurity perspective: http://is.gd/vQAP #
• OMG, work tgthr. RT @danphilpott Whole new cybersec bill: Critical Electric Infrastructure Protection Act was introd 2day: http://is.gd/vqLU #
• LOL. RT @danphilpott The first rule of Cloud club is, you have to make ObMatrix references. #totw #
• RT @danphilpott Unfortunately, no one can be told what The Cloud is. You have to verify it for yourself. #totw #
• RT @rybolov @danphilpott Carper’s supposed to (re)introduce his new(old) FISMA (2008|9) bill. #

It will be an interesting time for people who are just getting into security. (Or, security internships.)

• RT: @CSOonline: 10 Dos and Don’ts for Security Job Interviews: http://www.csoonline.com/article/490926 #job #

But if we all follow some of Marcus’s excellent advice, things should be just fine.

• RT @marcusjcarey New Vlog Post – Sexism in Information Security? > http://twurl.nl/44h0rv #novablogger #
• RT @marcusjcarey New Vlog Post – Toot Your Own Horn! – http://twurl.nl/xoqotf #novablogger #
• RT @marcusjcarey New Vlog Entry – Own Your Technical Interview – http://twurl.nl/omq8u1 #novablogger #
• RT @marcusjcarey New Vlog Post – What Tool Should Everyone Know? – http://twurl.nl/286tg4 #novablogger #
• RT: @marcusjcarey: New Vlog – Hack Your Degree – http://twurl.nl/ia1xzh – How I got 4 yrs of credit in 12 months #novablogger #

Plus, we always have CharmSec…

• RT @mubix RT @charmsec: CharmSec 12 is this Wednesday at Slainte. #
• RT @mubix RT @charmsec: CharmSec Challenge: http://is.gd/u522 bring yr solution 4/29 & get free round (or something). Don’t leak yr answer! #

And, new Twitter tools to cheer us up.

• Cool new tool. Kind of like Twitpic but with voicemail. RT: @RodBeckstrom: Voice_Message_Tuesday_28_Apr_09_59PM http://tinyurl.com/db7gqz #

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If you’re looking for a security group where you don’t have to sign up or make any long-term commitments, CharmSec might be the group for you.

Meeting once toward the end every month, CharmSec is a local group based out of Maryland that gets together for a couple of hours to talk about security, have a few drinks, and shoot the breeze.

CharmSec is having a meetup this Wednesday, April 29th, if you’re interested in checking it out. You can get additional details about that meetup by reading below. 

For more information on CharmSec, see its description in our NoVA Meetups section. View our Calendar for a complete list of infosec events in and around the NoVA area. Here is a link to the page with information on this meetup. 

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