Ruxcon \ Breakpoint Conference

[HaQue]

I can't go, but it looks to be a nice mix of talks this year. In particular the ones that strike me are:

Breakpoint:

- Jacob Maskiewicz - Mouse Trap: Exploiting Firmware Updates in USB Peripherals
- Dr Thomas Holt - Stolen Data Markets: An Economic and Organizational Assessment
- Joe FitzPatrick - NSA Playset: PCIe
- Brad Schwartz - Smartphone Physical: The Current State of Play

Ruxcon:

- Jay Davis & Luke Jahnke - Safecracking on a Budget
- tty0x80 - Android Forensics: The Joys of JTAG
- Matthew Halchyshak & Joseph Tartaro - Cyber Necromancy: Reverse Engineering Dead Protocols
- Silvio Cesare - Recapping Breaking the Security of Physical Devices
- Lion Gu - Mobile Underground Activities in China
- Mark Brand - Finding Bugs The Rube-Goldberg Way
- Adam Daniel - The Devil in the Detail - Advanced Forensic Artifact Analysis and More Tales From the Coalface
- Robert Winkel - Image and Video Forensics - An Image is Worth 1000 Frauds


And would love to participate in:

Breakpoint Training provides a unique opportunity for students to receive specialist security training not usually available in Australia. Our local and international trainers are considered to be experts in their given security fields

* Saumil Shah - The Exploit Laboratory: Introduction To Exploit Development (Registration closes September 5th)
* Louis Nyffenegger & Luke Jahnke - Advanced Web Hacking
* Kayne Naughton - Open Source Intelligence and Automating Intelligence Collection

Training will run over Monday 6th to Tuesday 7th of October. For more information, or to make an inquiry, please visit the Breakpoint training page <https://ruxconbreakpoint.com/training/>.

[HaQue]

There is an update to the Speakers. We have had some talks here about Cryptolocker type malware and one of the talks at Ruxcon is about this type of malware.

The second coolest thing I've seen this year is this... How AWESOME would it be to participate!!!:

*Ruxcon Black Bag Competition
*

Play the role of an Super Spy in the Ruxcon Black Bag Challenge

Ever wanted to break into a hotel room? Meddle in international affairs?
Dabble in espionage? Well, here's your chance!

Social engineering, lock-picking, and hacking skills can be used in this challenge. You'll use the tools of spies, hunt out the target, follow
the clues, ninja your way into their hotel room, steal Top Secret documents, and leave without a trace. Check out this video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZCuOZEpgz0s to see what we're talking about.

All skill levels are welcome in the Black Bag Challenge.

Please see Ruxcon Black Bag https://ruxcon.org.au/events/blackbag/ for more information on how to register for this event.