Charl Van Der Walt
ITWeb Security Summit 2009 – CFP Reminder
I wanted to remind folk that the CFP for the ITWeb Security Summit closes on 26 Jan 2009. You can check it out at http://www.itweb.co.za/events/securitysummit/2009/. Local (ZA) should please make themselves heard, but the organizers are also sponsoring travel for international speakers so if you ever wanted to visit the gool ol’ RS of A (that’s in Africa) then here’s your chance….
ITWeb Security Summit 2009 – CFP Now Open
A couple of months back SensePost were asked by a prominent South African media company to assist in the selection of content and speakers for an upcoming information security conference called ‘the ITWeb Security Summit‘. The show runs 26-28 May 2009. The speaker lineup is mostly local (including yours truly) but past speakers have been pretty high-profile – including Dave Litchfield, Johnny Long, Kevin Mitnick, Johnny Cache, Howard Schulz and others.…
HBN Bootcamp – Christmas Edition
As a Christmas special we have scheduled an additional training course, Hacking By Numbers – Extended Edition (Bootcamp) in Pretoria, South Africa on November 24-28th. The course runs for a full 5 days. This course will be offered at a never-to-be-repeated discount price of ZAR 10,999-00 (15% discount on the usual training price). Each trainee will be given a t-shirt and a Christmas hat! For more on our training please visit http://www.sensepost.com/training.html.
HBN Extended Edition 6-10 October
We have scheduled our first training course for our new year, Hacking By Numbers – “Extended” Edition – for October 6-10th . The course runs for a full 5 days in Pretoria, South Africa. The HBN ‘Extended Edition’ is simply an intensive extended version of the regular Bootcamp course. Whilst the content and structure are essentially the same as Bootcamp, the Extended Edition offers students a deeper understanding of the…
Should I stay or should I Gobi? Your support needed!
Hello All, Some of you might remember that I climbed Mount Kilimanjaro two years ago. What you might not know is the REASON I did this (apart from the jol) was to o raise funds for CNCF, a Foundation that is a true oasis and a refuge to the street children of Vietnam and Mongolia. CNCF – The Christina Noble Children’s Foundation is an International Partnership of people dedicated to…
HBN Bootcamp @ Black Hat
Black Hat DC this year is supposed to be “a different kind of Black Hat”. There are four tracks over the two days with a special emphasis on wireless and speakers include Chris Wysopal, FX from Phenoelit, Job de Haas, and Adam Laurie. The smaller shows are always good fun and good value for money and DC this year promises to have an excellent line-up of speakers. As usual training…
On working when everyone else is asleep…
This quote reminded of something H always says: “When opportunity comes… its too late to prepare” – John Wooden – Hall of Fame Basketball coach
Feedback on our courses in Switzerland
We just finished presenting an HBN Bootcamp and an HBN Combat Edition in Lausanne, Switzerland. A lot of people don’t know that we do this format – small courses on location worldwide. Its a different vibe to the big courses we do at Black Hat and the like, but it has some real advantages. Here’s the feedback we received – I especially like the nice things they say about me……
Thunks from hacking games
In Vegas I bought Herman “Exploiting Online Games” by Greg Hoglund and Gary McGraw. Being the saint that I am, I looked at the book thoroughly on the plane on the way home. Fortunately I was able to verify that most of the pages were there and intact and that were no blatant spelling or grammatical errors – it wouldn’t do to give Herman a broken book. Whilst I was…
We’re hiring
SensePost is an exciting & dynamic young company with strong values & a world vision. We specialize in high-end technical security services & we’re looking for exceptional people to help grow our world-class team. If you’d like to be part of a relaxed, inspired team where your work is valued & appreciation for your work is visibly demonstrated, where opportunities to learn abound & innovation is encouraged, then why not…