Archive for December, 2008

CCC irony

Tuesday, December 30th, 2008

Today is the last day of the most recent CCC event in Germany. This security conference’s “big deal” is over presenters showing that they’ve found a way to fake a CA (ostensibly through weakness in MD5 signatures).

The theme of this congress is “nothing to hide,” with a logo that shows redaction marks surrounding the text. The abstracts of all the other talks are online, except for this one. It’s been “edited.”

So much for “Nothing to Hide” ;-) .

redacted abstract for CCC presentation

Happy Holidays!

Friday, December 26th, 2008

Hey folks!

Just wanting to wish everyone a happy holiday from us to you. I apologize about the radio silence, but I’ve been traveling in SE Asia for the better part of a month, and got back just in time to jump feet first into the holiday season.

OWASP DC and CapSec DC are both taking a little down time around the holidays, but we’ll be back in the new year. We plan to have special editions of both around Shmoocon, and hope to see everyone there. If you don’t have tickets yet, remember, noon on the first of the year is your last shot at it!!

See you in the new year!