LSEC - Leaders in Security

BruCON is an annual security and hacker(*) conference providing two days of an interesting atmosphere for open discussions of critical infosec issues, privacy, information technology and its cultural/technical implications on society. Organized in Brussels, BruCON offers a high quality line up of speakers, security challenges and interesting workshops. BruCON is a conference by and for the security and hacker(*) community.

The conference tries to create bridges between the various actors active in computer security world, included but not limited to hackers(*), security professionals, security communities, non-profit organizations, CERTs, students, law enforcement agencies, etc.....

LSEC at BruCON 2010

Participate the European Security Innovation Workshop on Friday September 24th, a workshop on potential threats and possible solutions of Cybersecurity and Information Security in general.

The workshop is part of the program of the SIGNATURE project, a cooperation between the leading Security clusters in North-West Europe.
The aim of the workshop is to discuss amongst experts potential research & development projects and to support innovation and the competitiveness of the region all together.

As leader of the work program on Information Security, LSEC will guide this workshop and ensure follow-through of potential outcomes for enterprises and researchers.

Preliminary Schedule and Program

Keynote: Memoirs of a Data Security Street Fighter by Mikko Hypponen

Presentations:
Automated 0wnage with Return Oriented Programming by Erik Buchanan
Creating a CERT at WARP Speed: How To Fast Track the Implementation of Your CERT by Brian Honan
CsFire: browser-enforced mitigation against CSRF by Lieven Desmet
Cyber [Crime|War] - connecting the dots by Ian Amit
Embedded System Hacking and My Plot To Take Over The World by Paul Asadoorian
Finding Backdoors in Code : Repelling the Wily Insider by Matias Madou
Fireshark - A tool to Link the Malicious Web by Stephan Chenette
GSM security: fact and fiction by Fabian van den Broek
Head Hacking – The Magic of Suggestion and Perception by Dale Pearson
NFC (Near Field Communication) Malicious Content Sharing by Roel Verdult
Project Skylab 1.0: Helping You Get Your Cloud On by Craig Balding
The Monkey Steals the Berries: The State of Mobile Security by Tyler Shields
The WOMBAT Project: Recent Developments in Internet Threats Analysis by Olivier Thonnard and Andy Moser
Top 5 ways to steal a company: Forget root, I want it all. by Chris Nickerson
Tor: Censorship Circumvention in the Real World by Jacob Appelbaum
You Spent All That Money And You Still Got Owned by Joseph McCray
Your Project: From Idea To Reality: Make A Living Doing What You Love by Mitch Altman

Workshops:
Cryptanalysis workshop: Breaking office encryption by Eric Filiol
Damn Vulnerable Web App by Ryan Dewhurst
Hardware Hacking Area: Learn To Make Cool Things With Microcontrollers! by Mitch Altman
Living with SELinux How to configure SELinux for your daily applications in CentOS/RHEL by Toshaan Bharvani
Lockpicking 101 by Walter Belgers (TOOOL.nl)
Malicious PDF analysis by Didier Stevens
RFID workshop by Philippe Teuwen
Seccubus workshop: Analyzing vulnerability assessment data the easy way by Frank Breedijk
The Security Innovation Network - Cluster of Clusters by Ulrich Seldeslachts
Events during conference:
The Hex Factor
Live Security Podcaster Meetup
Lightning Talks
Hardware Hacking Area with Mitch Altman and Hardhack.org

For abstracts and details of the presentation, please check: the BruCON website.

About BruCON

How did BruCON start?
BruCON is organized as a non-profit event by volunteers. A group of security enthusiasts decided that it was time in Belgium to have its own security and hacker conference. A lot of countries around the world have these kind of conferences to discuss and present research on computer security and related subject matters. We want to unite people who share the same passion and support the Belgian (research) communities, with BruCON as a yearly highlight. We are not professional organizers and started this as a non-profit organization. We all have full time jobs and dedicate a lot of our free time to this project. Everyone is welcome to join us and help!!

When and where is BruCON 2010?
To help us fund the conference, we are providing some excellent Training courses on 22 & 23 September and the Conference itself is on 24 & 25 September in The Surfhouse.

What are the rules of BruCON ?
There are no rules. But we ask you to refrain from doing anything that might jeopardize the conference or other attendees. BruCON crew members are there to answer your questions and help you wherever they can. It is unwise to do any illegal activities as law enforcements officers probably will attend the event as well.

What is there to do at BruCON?
BruCON offers a presentation track and some workshops by some very interesting and bright people bringing some of the most recent material in security research. The attendees of the conference can help us shape the event. We welcome anyone with some innovative research, a tool or just to present an interesting website to give a lightning talk or a workshop. If you want to give an additional workshop or need some space for your project, please contact us

Will there be hackers at BruCON?
We hope so!!! Many people have different definitions of what is a ‘hacker’. The only one we don’t agree with is the mass media definition of ‘Hackers’ meaning criminals that deface websites and break into networks also correctly known as ‘crackers’. “Hackers build things, crackers break them”. For us, examples of great hackers are Linus Torvalds or Steve Wozniak. Although security vulnerabilities in software are also discussed during BruCON, today this is called security research or white-hat hacking to improve our software and infrastructure.

(*)Hackers are “persons who delight in having an intimate understanding of the internal workings of a system, computers and computer networks in particular.” People who engage in illegal activities like unauthorized entry into computer systems are called crackers and don’t have anything to do with hacking. BruCON doesn’t promote any illegal activities and behavior. Many hackers today are employed by the security industry and test security software and systems to improve the security of our networks and applications. In addition, for the younger generations, we want to create some awareness and interest in IT students to learn more about IT Security.

Practical Details and Registration

BruCON Security Training : September 22nd - September 23rd

BruCON Security Conference : September 24th - September 25th

BruCON is held at the Surf House in Evere. It’s ideally located between Brussels National Airport (Zaventem) and Brussels North Railway Station.

The Surf House features a big auditorium, a lounge and several modular workshop rooms. In the auditorium, there are five huge screens to provide a panoramic view of the message you wish to convey. This area is perfect for holding presentations as the high-tech apparatus is a boon for efficient and professional communicating. In the lounge you can relax yourself in between the presentations and workshops and join us at the party on Saturday evening.

The location is easy to reach by train, bus, car or taxi. See below for more information.:

The Surf House
Rue Stroobants 51
B - 1140 Evere
Tel : +32 (0)2 243 03 85
http://www.surfhouse.be/