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5-26-2012 Anonymizing Technologies workshop -

  In the next hackathon we will have a workshop on internet anonymizing technologies such as   TOR, I2P, Proxies, PGP, VPN, etc. Alex Heid will  provide information and examples how to use these technologies and their importance to protect your privacy. No laws will be broken during this presentation. Also DEFCON XX CTF quals [...]

Hackmiami @ DEFCON XX – July 26th-29-2012 – Las Vegas, NV

Hackmiami will be participating in DEFCON XX in Las Vegas, Nevada. Participation may vary as we receive approvals or rejection for talks or other submissions. We are hosting a contest in support of the Wireless Village. DEFCON XX will be EPIC and we hope to see you there. More announcements (if applicable) via @hackmiami. Homebrew [...]

5-12-2012 Encryption for everyone, Logistics of Cyber Terrorism, Cyberweapons/2nd Amendment/Castle Law

Next hackathon will have 2 presentations and one open discussion Encryption for everyone  Alex Heid will provide information, methods and technologies to protect your data, identity and communications on the internet. Several open source available technologies and examples will be provided during the presentation. Presenter: Alex Heid Logistics of Cyber Terrorism Mudsplatter from Backtrace security [...]

4-28-2012-Hack – Triathlon

Alright kids… On April 28th there will be 3 awesome events you should attend at Planet Linux Caffee in Coral Gables  South Dade Linux User Group at 10:30 AM EST Please Join us Saturday, April 28 for our monthly lug meeting starting at 10:30am at the Planet Linux Cafe located at 1430 Ponce De Leon [...]

STEM TECH Olympiad 2012 – April 25-29 Miami Beach Convention Center

The STEM TECH Olympiad 2012 will be held in the Miami Beach Convention Center April 27th – April 29th, 2012. There will be 11 events running throughout the weekend. The events will include robot competitions for students from elementary school through college. There will be battling robots, 3 lb, 15 lb and 120 lb, both at the high [...]

April-T001Z Mini-CTF 4-14-2012

We will have a mini-CTF on Saturday April 14th 2012. This mini-CTF will consist on several VMs with vulnerabilities including RCEs, LFIs, RFIs, Local, SQLis , etc…. More than a competition is just an opportunity to learn and practice for upcoming CTF competitions and the big one at ISSA Hack the Flag on August 2012. [...]

NASA Sponsored Hackhaton at FIU – April 21st – 22nd 2012

The International Space Apps Challenge is a world-wide event sponsored by NASA and SecondMuse and is taking place on April 21st and 22nd. This hack-a-thon or code-a-thon style event encourages science and technology lovers to build, create, and invent new solutions to challenges of global importance. The Space Apps Challenge celebrates software development in its most positive context—using [...]

3-31-2012 Hacking iOS: Lessons Learned

We’re not re-inventing the wheel here, a discusion of how to go about starting to attack real world iOS applications  will be covered. What a would be attacker do with your application if he downloads it from the App Store and attempts to break it?. What are the security risks developers face when writing apps? [...]

WordPress extensions and PHP backdoors 3-03-2012

Building the Perfect Backdoor Tyler will explore options for creating extremely stealthy backdoors for both linux and windows environments. In this first part he will cover options for keeping your backdoor hidden from the network perspective and start to explore creative ways at remaining stealthy and capturing relevant information. Fabian will speak about configuration, risks [...]

Free 1 Day Information Security Conference for Students in South Florida!

The South Florida ISSA (http://sfissa.org/) is hosting a one day conference on Friday, March 9, 2012 in the Signature Grand (Ft. Lauderdale). I would like to personally invite ALL students to attend the conference for FREE. Please register here with discount code of: stilllearning Please note you will need to show a student ID at the registration desk.   Details: The [...]