Category: Events

Black Hat Review Board Members give their picks for must see presentations this week at Black Hat USA 2018. They have broken down the 2018 cybersecurity exploit trends into 6 categories:

1. Software Development
   1. Breaking Parser Logic, Lagoon JKL, WED 4PM
   2. AI & ML in Cybersecurity: Why Algorithms Are Dangerous, South Seas ABE, THU 11AM
   Policy
   1. Legal Liability for IoT Hacking, Lagoon JKL, THU 2:30PM
   Network Defenses
   1. ZEROing Trust: Do Zero Trust Models Provide Real Security, South Seas CDF, WED 4PM
   Hardware Platform Security
   1. Meltdown: Basics, Details, Consequences, South Pacific F, WED 2:40PM
   2. GOD Mode Unlocked: Hardware Backdoors in x86 CPUs, South Pacific F, THU 11AM
   Web Application Security
   1. Practical Web Cache Poisoning: Redefining ‘Unexploitable’, South Seas CDF, THU 3PM
   Human Factor
   1. Infosec Philosophies for a Corrupt Economy, Islander EI, WED 5:05PM
   2. Demystifying PTSD in the Cybersecurity Environment, South Seas ABE, THU 9AM

   For more details, visit the Black Hat Briefings 2018 agenda here: https://www.blackhat.com/us-18/briefings.html

CornCon Kids’ Hacker Camp was held on May 19, 2018 at St. Ambrose University. Over 40 kids of all ages showed up for the event, which included electronics, games, coding, lockpicking and the tools and methods of hackers and the importance of the ethical ‘white hat’ use and protection of technology. For photos from the May 19 event, visit: https://www.flickr.com/photos/nullsession/albums/72157697084279585

This is the first mid-year hacker camp held for The Children of the CornCon, which is run alongside the CornCon (Quad Cities Cybersecurity Conference) each Fall. On September 8, 2018, the fourth annual CornCon conference will be held at SAU Rogalski Center for both kids and adults, with world-class speakers, vendors, an expanded hacker village and competitions. For more information, and to register, visit www.corncon.net.

Join us for our first Cyber Town Hall along with the Quad Cities Chamber of Commerce, Quad Cities Cybersecurity Alliance and the QC Manufacturing Innovation Hub – For more information and to register:

Solomon Smith and I presented at the Spring ISACA meeting in Iowa City, IA today on cyber education. 

http://alignedsecurity.com/index.php/2017/04/25/illowa-isaca-cyber-education-presentation/

US Cyber Challenge: Cyber Quests Spring 2024

Cyber Quests are a series of fun but challenging on-line competitions allowing participants to demonstrate their knowledge in a variety of information security realms. Each quest features an artifact for analysis, along with a series of quiz questions. Some quests focus on a potentially vulnerable sample web server as the artifact, challenging participants to identify its flaws using vulnerability analysis skills. Other quests are focused around forensic analysis, packet capture analysis, and more. The quests have varying levels of difficulty and complexity, with some quests geared toward beginners, while others include more intermediate and ultimately advanced material.

Please reserve your spot today for the 2017 Security Advisor Alliance Summit, September 26-27 in Denver!

The Alliance Summit is the Premier gathering of Senior Information Security Leaders focused on Skill Development, Leadership Building and Firm Takeaways that can be implemented immediately to make your business better. Read More