02 Apr: BruCON 0x0F – CFP/CFT Announcement

Hackers of the world unite! Join us in the ancient city of Mechelen for Brucon, the ultimate hacking conference that brings together cyber security enthusiasts, researchers, and industry experts. We challenge you to submit your cutting-edge research and revolutionary ideas on the latest cyber security technologies, trends, and strategies. Share your knowledge with a passionate and savvy community of fellow hackers, and together, we will shape the future of cyber security. Don’t miss this opportunity…

15 Jun: BruCON 0x09 talks and workshops announcement

Thank you everyone for massively submitting to our CFP. From all the high quality submissions we have made this selection for BruCON 0x09! Keynotes: Keynote: The cyber short. A market solution for product safety and corporate governance. – Justine Bone Keynote: How hackers changed the security industry and how we need to keep changing it. – Chris Wysopal Talks: See no evil, hear no evil: Hacking invisibly and silently with light and sound – Matt…

21 Jan: The CFP/CFT is open … start submitting your talks now!

Announcement————*** this is a combined Call For Papers/Call For Training ***Brussels, Belgium — This is the call for papers (CFP) and participation for the 4th edition of BruCON, a 2-day Security and Hacking Conference full of interesting presentations, workshops and security challenges. BruCON is an open-minded gathering of people discussing computer security, privacy, and information technology. The conference tries to create bridges between the various actors active in computer security world including (but not limited…

23 Jun: Bonus: 2 extra presentations and 1 workshop

With 7 days to go before the end of our early bird tickets, we are announcing some bonus presentations and workshops: Finding Backdoors in Code : Repelling the Wily Insider by Matias Madou Creating a CERT at WARP Speed: How To Fast Track the Implementation of Your CERT by Brian Honan Damn Vulnerable WebApp by Ryan Dewhurst Have a look at the complete schedule athttp://2010.brucon.org/index.php/Schedule Keep tuned to our RSS feed or mailinglist since we…

26 May: Updates on BruCON 2010 Presentations and Workshops

If you weren’t sure about buying a ticket for BruCON, we updated our schedule page with updates on the BruCON 2010 presentations and workshops. A final schedule will appear by August but these are the details on the confirmed talks and workshops. BUT this is not all, there are few MORE things we have in mind for you and we will publish them in the next weeks. Let’s say we don’t want to spoil all…

03 May: BruCON 2010 Keynote: Memoirs of a Data Security Street Fighter by Mikko Hypponen

While we are reviewing all the CFP submissions, we can already disclose our 2010 Keynote speaker: Mikko Hypponen with “Memoirs of a Data Security Street Fighter” Abstract: – 20 years, and what have we got?– Where did we go wrong?– Why can’t we fix these things?– Is it going to get better or worse? Bio: Mikko Hypponen is the Chief Research Officer for F-Secure. He named the Storm worm. He spoke at the legendary Rubicon…

23 Apr: 2010 Sneak peek: Presentation from Paul Asadoorian: Embedded System Hacking and My Plot To Take Over The World

We are happy to announce that Paul Asadoorian, also known from the @Pauldotcom security podcast, will be giving a presentation at BruCON. “Embedded System Hacking and My Plot To Take Over The World”. This is just one of the many excellent presentations and workshops we have in store for the 2010 edition. More will be announced in the coming days. Abstract: Embedded systems, the purpose-built systems that encompass our world pose a threat to your…

15 Feb: BruCON 2010: Call for Papers

Call for Papers BruCON.v2 2010: Hacking for B33r================================ Brussels, Belgium — This is a call for papers and participation for the second BruCON edition, a 2-day Security and Hacking Conference, full of interesting presentations, workshops and security challenges. BruCON is an open-minded gathering of people discussing computer security, privacy, and information technology. The conference tries to create bridges between the various actors active in computer security world, included but not limited to hackers, security professionals,…

14 Sep: Bonus presentation: Announcing the new Belgian CERT.be

Last week, several newswebsites reported on the upcoming national CERT.be. For years, Belgium had to rely on the small CERT team of BELNET only. We are happy to see that BELNET got the opportunity to expand the team to a more national and bigger team. Much details were not available in the press so we are happy that Lionel Ferette, coordinator of the CERT will give a short introduction during BruCON. Due to our full…