http://www.cio.com/article/719639/Hackers_Security_Pros_Talk_Penetration_Testing_Social_Engineering By Matthew Heusser CIO.com October 24, 2012 You might have heard of DefCon, the big, bad, Las Vegas penetration and hacking conference where gray (and darker) hats show off their exploits. It's less likely that you've heard of GrrCon, the Grand Rapids, Mich.-based hacking and penetration conference. The event drew 850 attendees in this, its second year, charging as little as $85 per attendee -- or $280 for the "VIP Pass" that provided attendees a front-row seat (and power cords) at the keynotes and access to Ping Pong, Foosball, video games and snacks in the speakers' lounge. Best Defense Against Hackers: Good Offense The conference brought together security professionals to talk about how to harden systems and detect intrusion, conduct penetration testing and teach attack techniques to compromise, and gain access to, a system. In a twist, the opening keynote speaker, Kevin Johnson of Secure Ideas (motto: "Professionally Evil"), is unable to attend, so a pseudo-anonymous hacker known as "atlas of D00m" gives the talk in his place. By the end of the talk, I am honestly not sure if Johnson is atlas—and I am not about to try the local "free" wireless to find out. [...] ______________________________________________ Visit the InfoSec News Security Bookstore Best Selling Security Books and More! http://www.shopinfosecnews.orgReceived on Thu Oct 25 2012 - 00:14:14 PDT
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