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 are coming up on June 2nd.

https://www.defcon.org/html/defcon-20/dc-20-ctf.html

We will talk about how to register, teams and participation.

Planet Linux Caffe- 1 PM

1430 Ponce De Leon Boulevard

Coral Gables 33134

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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 Antenna Contest

As part of this years Wireless Village, Hackmiami will be hosting a contest for the upcoming DEFCON XX in Las Vegas, Nevada. The contest will be held in advance of the event and the prizes will be presented on Sunday, July 29th in the Wireless Village.

Contest specifics are:
Submit a homemade 2.4GHz WiFi band (2401-2483MHz) for performance testing.

Your antenna can be omni directional (radiates 360 degrees, usually a whip or rod radiator, monopole or dipole)

The antenna can be directional (radiates in one direction or multiple beamed directions, usually a patch, Yagi, Log Periodic, Conical, corner reflector or parabolic)

You antenna will be tested using a 6″ feedline terminated with SMA male or female, RP or standard.

Any antenna submitted with N type male or female will be set up using an adapter. If antenna arrives with any other connector type, it may be cut off and replaced with an SMA. Sender will be contacted.

Antenna maximum length in any direction is 45″
Antenna maximum weight is 15 Lbs

Omni directional antennas will be tested for elevation and azimuth-360.
Directional antennas will be tested for azimuth pattern and elevation pattern.
All antennas are tested for SWR/Return-Loss in the desired frequency range.
The SWR will be required under 2:1 ratio or equivalent RL.

Grading of antennas will be based on:

1. peak gain in the wanted direction.
A. omni-directional: at the horizon, and 360 degrees.
B Directional: Forward gain
C. SWR or R/L across the band.
D. Originality, uniqueness.
E. Gain performance to size and weight

All entrants are considered for commercial production feasibility and presented for factory production to interested parties, and profit share.

Submissions will open on May 11th – close on July 1st

Antennas to be shipped well packed to:

Trugain Antenna Lab 9500 NW 12 ST #3
Doral FL 33172.

Antennas will be returned within a week, post paid. (we pay the UPS back to sender)

The winner will receive a $200 Gift Card.

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 will speak regarding potential vectors of cyber terrorism,  cells, their structure, ecosystem, means of communication, operations and finance.

Open discussion- Cyberweapons / 2nd Amendment /Castle law

Following the two presentations we will have an open discussion about the following topics:

Cyber weapons: Do they exist? Can we define them? If so. Should they be regulated? or covered under 2nd amendment? Do you agree with recent legislation proposed in EU that outlaws hacking/security tools?.

Castle law: My network My Castle? Should castle law cover cyber (I.E home network, organization’s network). If an attacker is found and rightfully attributed on your home network should you have the right to retaliate?.

Many questions unanswered many challenges ahead. We would like participants not only from Miami but from anywhere to give us their opinion on these matters. A google hangout will be created and announced via @hackmiami

Come and join us!

Planet Linux Caffe- 1 PM

1430 Ponce De Leon Boulevard

Coral Gables 33134

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 Boulevard, Coral Gables, FL.

Hackmiami at 1:30 PM EST

Two awesome presentations

RFID IED – RFID Tacical Devices and Their Counter-Measures

A lecture by mudsplatter of Backtrace Security on the potential weaponization of RFID by both friend and foe.

No laws will be broken. No operational technical knowledge will be provided during this presentation.

Presenter: Mudsplatter from Backtrace Security

Full Disclosure issues

David Martinez will discuss about full disclosure issues involved when finding and validating vulnerabilities.

Presenter: @dmartinez7500

PRECISE PANGOLIN LAUNCH PARTY!!!

The Ubuntu Counter Project – user number # 3761

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 school and college level. LEGO robot competition for the elementary students, VEX task oriented robots for middle and high school students. Under water robot demonstration by AUVSI. Programming competitions for high school and college, a computer game competition for high school and college students. An assistive device for wheelchair bound individuals, a Cosmic Ray ERGO Symposium and more cool STEM related events!

STEM TECH Olympiad events are intended to give students from elementary school through college an opportunity to develop and showcase their skills and talents in the areas of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics.  Some of the events will require that the students create designs and inventions before the event, some will happen at the event. They will be held concurrently in the Miami Beach Convention Center.

The event is free and open to the public to celebrate, encourage and inspire our young people to keep dreaming and innovating!

 April 25-29, 2012

Miami Beach Convention Center

1901 Convention Center Dr., Miami Beach, FL 33139

More info at http://usatl.org/index.php/events/79-stem-tech-olympiad-2012

* This is not a Hackmiami event but we encourage members to attend and participate

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.

The winner gets a piece of Fedora cake.

The cost for you = ZERO

Planet Linux Caffe- 1 PM

1430 Ponce De Leon Boulevard

Coral Gables 33134

What are the security risks developers face when writing apps? How much can an attacker levarage using debuggers, decompilers, and a lot of time?

Presenter: @cron__

Planet Linux Caffe- 1 PM

1430 Ponce De Leon Boulevard

Coral Gables 33134

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 and wordpress extensions exploits. He will also talk about different types of PHP backdoors and ways to discover, identify and defend servers.

Speaker Bio: Tyler Wrightson is a security consultant obsessed with offensive security.

Fabian Rothschild is an IT/Security researcher and  lead malware researcher for HackMiami.

Slides

Planet Linux Caffe- 1 PM

1430 Ponce De Leon Boulevard

Coral Gables 33134

Details:

The South Florida ISSA (Information Systems Security Association) will be hosting a one day conference: Taking Security Seriously?! on Friday March 9, 2012 at the Signature Grand in Ft. Lauderdale from 8am – 6pm (breakfast, snacks, lunch, and cocktail reception included). Our keynote will be by Dave Aitel on CyberWar and presentations range from managerial, legal, compliance, and technical (both offensive and defensive):

Key Note – The Three CyberWar Fallacies – Dave Aitel
Your Security Department is Not Taking Security Seriously! – Terrance “Tuna” Gareau
Managing Senior Management – Heather Hobson
Let’s change our behavior: A radical shift in IT – Moses Hernandez
Secrets in Your Pocket: Analysis of [Your] Wireless Data – Mark Wuergler
Garbage In, Garbage Out: Getting Your Security Tools the Right Data at the Right Time – Kate Brew
HELP! I am under a DDOS attack! – Terrence “Tuna” Gareau, David Fernandez, Alexander Heid
Developing and Enterprise Information Security Strategy – Timothy Phillips
Key Trends in Removable Device Security – Dave Duncan
Legal and Compliance Considerations for Safeguarding Information: A Governance Model to Plan, Execute, and Verify – Linda Clark
Business Justification for PenTesting and Vulnerability Assessments – Tyler Wrightson
Smartphone Security: State of the Hack – Michael Brown

Schedule:

 
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