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  • 3till7.net - friend's blog focusing on design, programming, and her occasional rants about high-fructose corn syrup.
  • Buffer Underflow - friend's blog focusing on programming and his random projects.
  • PAPPP's Rambling - friend's blog about school and hardware hacking.
  • Matt Sullivan - friend's blog about web stuff and design

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BSides Rhode Island Videos

June 15, 2013, 4:26 p.m.

 

Link: http://www.irongeek.com/i.php?page=videos/bsidesri2013/mainlistAs I get them up, I'm putting them on this page above.
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Source: Irongeek's Security Site

BSides Rhode Island Videos

June 15, 2013, 4:26 p.m.

 

Link: http://www.irongeek.com/i.php?page=videos/bsidesri2013/mainlistAs I get them up, I'm putting them on this page above.
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Source: Irongeek's Security Site

DEF CON 20 CTF PCAPS Now Available!

June 14, 2013, 9:13 p.m.

 

For all of you CTF enthusiasts, and in honor of the DEF CON 21 CTF Quals starting today, we are releasing a torrent of the complete packet captures from CTF at DEF CON 20! You can start downloading all of the CTF goodness at DEF CON 20 ctf.torrent, or on the new DEF CON Torrents page!
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Source: DEFCON Announcements!

Pre-Order The Practice of Network Security Monitoring Before Price Hike

June 14, 2013, 1:24 a.m.

 

When my publisher and I planned and priced my new book The Practice of Network Security Monitoring, we assumed the book would be about 250 pages. As we conclude the copyediting process and put print in layout format, it's clear the book will be well over 300. The current estimate is 328, but I think it could approach 350 pages. Because of the much larger page count, the publisher and I agreed to reprice the book. The price will rise from the current list of $39.95 for paperback and $31.95 for e
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Source: TaoSecurity

Indiana University (IU, IUS, IU*, Etc) Salaries

June 13, 2013, 10:44 p.m.

 

Link:http://www.irongeek.com/i.php?page=reviews/iu-ius-indiana-university-salariesI noticed the someone visited my IU Southeast School of Business (MBA) Review page from a search for something like "IU Salaries". This made me curious as I knew Indystar had the information. Seems Indystar's page is having errors, another newspaper hides it behind a pay wall, and IU makes you login with an account AND use an on campus IP. My understanding is this information is suppose to be public, but it seem so
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Source: Irongeek's Security Site

Iranian phishing on the rise as elections approach

June 12, 2013, 11 p.m.

 

Posted by Eric Grosse, VP Security Engineering For almost three weeks, we have detected and disrupted multiple email-based phishing campaigns aimed at compromising the accounts owned by tens of thousands of Iranian users. These campaigns, which originate from within Iran, represent a significant jump in the overall volume of phishing activity in the region. The timing and targeting of the campaigns suggest that the attacks are politically motivated in connection with the Iranian presidential el
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Source: Google Online Security Blog

New DEF CON 21 Speakers Posted!

June 12, 2013, 6:35 p.m.

 

Check out this new batch of speakers for your perusal! You can see them all on the Speaker page! Hacker Law School Jim Rennie and Marcia Hofmann ACL Steganography - Permissions to Hide Your Porn Michael Perklin Privacy In DSRC Connected Vehicles Christie Dudley Kill 'em All — DDoS Protection Total Annihilation! Tony Miu and Wai-leng Lee TMI: How To Attack Sharepoint Servers And Tools To Make It Easier Kevin Johnson and James Jardine Reality Hackers Rebecca Wexler and Paul Sanderson Googl
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Source: DEFCON Announcements!

New DEF CON Torrent Page!

June 8, 2013, 7:32 p.m.

 

Have you ever gone to download some of our content, and said to yourself, "I wish there was a torrent of all this..."? Well now there are 20 years worth, and then some! Check out the new DEF CON Torrent Page, and start sucking down the data in massive chunks to your heart's content! Enjoy!
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Source: DEFCON Announcements!

Kali Linux Live Boot USB Flash Drive - Jeremy Druin

June 8, 2013, 3 a.m.

 

Kali Linux Live Boot USB Flash Drive - Jeremy DruinJeremy Druin (@webpwnize) gave the following presentation on creating a persistent Kali Linux thumbdrive install for the June 2013 meeting of the Kentuckiana ISSA.
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Source: Irongeek's Security Site

DEF CON in the News - Silent War

June 7, 2013, 12:46 a.m.

 

There's a new article up on the Vanity Fair site called "Silent War", which discusses the history and growing concerns of cyber warfare. It even mentions us here at DEF CON, and one of our long time speakers, Wes Brown. Have yourself a look at: http://www.vanityfair.com/culture/2013/07/new-cyberwar-victims-american-business
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Source: DEFCON Announcements!