25 Aug: Hex Challenge #2: Win a 10% discount on a BruCON training and a conference ticket

Want to win a 10% discount on a conference ticket and a BruCON training of choice? We’ll even throw in some BruCON stickers as a bonus. Here is another sample of the Hex Challenge that will be running at BruCON. Located in this file, is a hidden message. Send your answer to contest {removethisbyATsign} brucon (dot) org by Wednesday 26th of August by 16:00 GMT+1 at the latest. We will select a winner from all…

24 Aug: 7 days of discount #brucon tickets available and last training seats

Brucon is getting nearer, it looks like it is going to be an awesome event. Internet access will be native ipv6 and we’ll have a gigabit uplink The lounge will be filled with fun stuff to do and see (amonst others the Hex challenge). It will have an arcade / space invaders theme. A great selection of Belgian beers will be available and let’s not forget Club Mate There are some dinners and guided tours…

14 Jul: Announcing the early bird ticket winner

Mr. Erik Vanderhasselt is the lucky winner of the Offensive Security course. We congratulate him and will send him further details soon. In addition, we want to thank Offensive Security for offering the course. You still have a chance to subscribe to one of the three security courses organized by BruCON. Two day trainings are available before the conference by some industry experts: Crash course in Penetration Testing (By Joe McCray, and Chris Gates) Chris…

30 Jun: A small contest: win a discount and some free stickers (updated)

To give our visitors a small sample of “The Hex Factor“, we are doing a little contest. Here is a file from the reverse engineering track. There is a hidden message within the file. The first person that posts the message in the comment of this post, gets a 10% ticket discount1 and some BruCON and “PDF – Penetration Document Format” + “How is my Hacking(.com)” stickers donated by Didier Stevens. UPDATE: Comment settings were…

26 Jun: Closing early bird tickets and a few days extensions

Since some of our mailings only went out at the last moment, we are extending the early bird tickets with a few days. To be eligible for early bird fees, you have to register on the 3rd of July at the latest and we must have received your payment on the 6th of July at the latest. After this point, it will not be possible anymore and you won’t have a chance to win the…

16 Jun: 15 days of early bird #brucon ticket prices remaining

Time goes by quickly and we want to remind you that our early bird fee ends on the 1st of July. So you have only 15 days left before our prices go up! For students, this means prices as low as 5o euro if you complete your registration now. On top of that, as an early bird you have the chance to win a “Offensive Security” Backtrack course valued at 550$.

03 Jun: The Full BruCON Program

Two weeks ago, we announced the first part of the #brucon speaker track. You can now look at the entire set of presentations on our website. A lot more updates will follow so keep following us. Only 28 days of early bird registrations left. Join us for 2 days of presentations, workshops, lightning talks in a great atmosphere. (Photo under creative commons from ganatronic’s photostream)

29 May: Ticket sales and Brucon Training are available

So we silently launched our wiki (beta) to start our ticket sales. You can register as of this week. The wiki is far from finished and hopefully will find its own shape and individuality over time with your help. We are happy to announce some training from some renowned trainers. What’s the difference with workshops? Workshops are only 1-2 hour introduction courses into certain subject matters and are part of the conference. These trainings are…

22 May: Ticket prices for BruCON

Everybody knows where and when BruCON will be. But we have been getting questions about the entrance fee. We are still in the process of finishing our new website which will include the ticket registration system. We wanted to make BruCON as accessible as possible for everyone and tried to keep our prices as low as possible. The website should go live by next week but we can already announce our prices. Ticket prices for…