David Kennedy gave a demo-based talk about using the Fast-Track Suite. In this standing-room only session (I ended up sitting on the floor), David described Fast-Track as an easy-to-use, web browser-based point-and-click set of tools that are customized for specific kinds of targets types. His talk involved going through several demos that showed how easy...
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The Jay Beale talk entitled “Man in the Middling: Everything with the Middler” was a session not to be missed. As usual, most attendees were forced to stand because all of the seats were taken long before the talk actually began. While Beale’s talks are usually packed anyways, the rumblings on the web that he...
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Well people, it’s the final day of ShmooCon; for those of you who are still nursing hangovers and information overloads, you have my sympathies. While none of the talks today will be providing alcohol (at least, not that I’m aware of), they will give you a final chance to cram your brain with some interesting...
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In my last post (”Friday Recommendations“), I discussed some of the official and unofficial activities on Friday and summarized a few things that I’m going to focus on. There are some great planned talks as well as the Podcaster’s Meetup, the FireTalks, and a meetup party courtesy of HacDC. In this post, I’m going to...
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While I already updated my “ShmooCon 2009 Guide – Friday Recommendations,” post, I wanted to make sure that everyone was aware of the schedule changes for this Friday at ShmooCon. According to Podcasters Meetup, the live show, book signing, and FireTalks on Friday will be happening later than originally planned. Setup will now start at 7:30pm, with...
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In my last two posts (“Up to this Point” and “General Advice”) I looked at the events leading up to this week and general advice for getting the most out of the conference. In this post I’m going to look at some of the different talks and activities going on Friday.  As part of this...
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In my last post (Up to this Point), I looked at the events leading up to this week, including basic logistics, ticket sales, and how to arrange last-minute airfare and hotel reservations. In this post, I want to touch on some general advice as well as ways of keeping up-to-date during the conference. This will be my third year at...
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With only two more weeks to go until the conference begins, here’s my first post in a series of four blog posts that will help prepare those of you attending the con. It’s been an interesting month of events leading up to ShmooCon this February; we’ve had the CFPs, three and a half rounds of...
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Just a quick update that mubix has started a room sharing Google Group for the ShmooCon infosec conference event. Also, get ready for the second round of tickets on December 1st.  If you miss that round, you’ll only have one more chance in January to get your tickets. And if you have any lingering...
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Just a quick update that the organizers of the ShmooCon infosec conference event announced this past Thursday that the first round of tickets would go on sale yesterday. Unfortunately, I found out late and was only able to get this post out today. There’s still one ticket left though… You still have more chances...
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