Entries by jd.mubix

Alan posted this about the SBN:

Well there is not much sense keeping it a secret any longer, as others have already blogged on it. The Security Bloggers Network is going Lijit.  Working with the folks who bring you Lijit search widgets, the Security Bloggers Network has a new home.  You can find site at http://www.securitybloggers.net (thanks to Tyler Reguly of http://www.computerdefense.org) and at http://www.securitybloggersnetwork.com (this may still be resolving).  Either URL should work.  You can subscribe to the new feed here.StillSecure, After All These Years, Nov 2008

If you don’t know what the Security Bloggers Network is, it is a colition of security blogger’s feeds, allowing you the reader to only subscribe to one feed, while getting a dynamic set up updates from all kinds of bloggers.

I thought today’s dilbert fit me to a ‘T’:

Originally Posted: http://dilbert.com/strips/comic/2008-11-21/

Go with what your readers want right? Well I have recently been getting a lot of hits on finding room sharing at ShmooCon. I have done this before at cons and I have met some very interesting people. So I created the google group ShmooCon RoomShare. Post that you are looking, post that you have space. It’s all voluntary and you can sign up for email alerts so that you don’t have to check it all the time.

Plus, you don’t have to share for free, if you are looking to split a room, the conversation can start there.

Even if you have been to ShmooCon, something that alludes most con-goers is the Hack or Halo contest. Most of the time you will see it’s organizers at table near the registration desk getting people signed up. What you may not know is how the whole thing goes down. It’s after hours so, you aren’t missing the great content during the day, and it might save you a few dollars of money spending bar time. But the primary purpose of Hack or Halo isn’t to put money back in your pocket (and yes it’s free). The primary purpose is to get your game on be it gaming or hacking. Actually Chris Compton spells out what goes down really well on the Hack or Halo blog in his post called “In The Beginning”.

I would suggest that for a leg up on the rest of the contestants, you slap the blog in your RSS feed and follow them on twitter @HackorHalo. You never know, they might ‘accidentally’ release some pertinent information.

Primary excuses for not participating:

• I didn’t bring my tools
  • You are the tool, download BT3 VM put boot it up, update it, take diable the TCP/IP stack on your sisters laptop that you borrowed for the con and you are already better off than some of the other contestants
• I’m not go enough
  • If Zeff comes for Halo, or Chris Eagle is allowed to hack, you are right, you aren’t, but damn would you have some bragging rights if you kicked their arse.
• I’m doing something that night
  • No, you really aren’t... you know it, I know it.

Now that we got it all straight. See you there.

P.S. The picture on the right is @KymPossible from the Hack or Halo squad. For most geeks out there, she will be reason enough to sign up. And yes, I may die tomorrow for posting this.

Many of you know who operat0r is, Darren in particular since operat0r pulled a magic trick on Darren’s ACER ONE that turned it from brick to badass in less than 5 minutes. But what some of you may not know is that ol’ McCurdy (operat0r) has some other awesome side projects that run the same course as my style of apps. PORTABLE. But these aren’t the standard portable apps that I find on the net. Well... let me just get to the list. Oh and I’m not linking directly to the projects because the download links change as he updates the tools.

• w3af PORTABLE
• MetaSploit PORTABLE
• WebScarab PORTABLE

You can find all of these awesome McGoodies at operat0r’s site: http://rmccurdy.com/