From announce at lists.nycbug.org Sun Apr 4 20:18:47 2010 From: announce at lists.nycbug.org (NYC*BUG Announcements) Date: Sun, 04 Apr 2010 20:18:47 -0400 Subject: [announce] NYC*BUG Upcoming Message-ID: <4BB92C67.60109@ceetonetechnology.com> We have a bunch of announcements, including: * upcoming meetings * BSD Certification Group Jobs Task Analysis released * BSDCan Registration is Open * NYCBSDCon 2010 Update * BSDFund partners with NYCBUG * Internships * * * * * * upcoming meetings This Wednesday April 07, 2010 Nepenthes 6:45 PM, Suspenders Restaurant http://www.suspendersbar.com/location.php Detecting and defending your network from script kiddies using Nepenthes We will discuss what is nepenthes, why was it created, how does it work and how to install it. As well as where to install Nepenthes on your network to get the best results. We will have sample analysis of Malicious Binary and show how to figure out what the code is really doing. Marco Figueroa is a Senior Security Analyst for fortune 500 companies. Marco`s expertise includes reverse engineering malware, incident handling, hacker attacks and defenses. He has performed numerous security assessments, and responded to computer attacks for clients in different market verticals. Marco holds the following certifications: GCIH, GREM, Security+, Network+, A+. You can contact him at Marco.figueroa at mafcorp.net May 5th meeting will be Kevin Figueroa on Scapy June 2nd meeting will be Nikolai Festissov on The Art of Debugging * BSD Certification Group Jobs Task Analysis released Huge thanks to all who took part in the survey. The summary report is at http://www.bsdcertification.org/news/pr057.html * BSDCan Registration is Open Register today for the Ottawa, Canada conference being held May 11-14, including tutorials. http://www.bsdcan.org/2010/registration.php * NYCBSDCon 2010 Update We are proud to announce that our biannual conference will be held at Cooper Union in Manhattan November 12-14th in 2010. Stay tuned as we release more details. * BSDFund partners with NYCBUG We are in the process of setting up a bank account under the umbrella of BSD Fund. This will allow NYCBUG to manage our finances more effectively and transparently, as BSD Fund is a registered 501(c)(3). * Internships As mentioned before, we are in the process of setting up internships for a number of interested students and firms, including some electrical engineering students at Cooper Union. Please use the jobs@ list on http://lists.nycbug.org to for posting and any possible summer internships. We also will have a central point of contact for interns announced in the very near future. From announce at lists.nycbug.org Wed Apr 7 11:16:39 2010 From: announce at lists.nycbug.org (NYC*BUG Announcements) Date: Wed, 07 Apr 2010 11:16:39 -0400 Subject: [announce] NYC*BUG Tonight: Nepenthes Message-ID: <4BBCA1D7.7000206@ceetonetechnology.com> April 07, 2010 Nepenthes 6:45 PM, Suspenders Restaurant http://www.suspendersbar.com/location.php Detecting and defending your network from script kiddies using Nepenthes http://nepenthes.carnivore.it/ We will discuss what is nepenthes, why was it created, how does it work and how to install it. As well as where to install Nepenthes on your network to get the best results. We will have sample analysis of Malicious Binary and show how to figure out what the code is really doing. Marco Figueroa is a Senior Security Analyst for Fortune 500 companies. Marco`s expertise includes reverse engineering malware, incident handling, hacker attacks and defenses. He has performed numerous security assessments, and responded to computer attacks for clients in different market verticals. Marco holds the following certifications: GCIH, GREM, Security+, Network+, A+. You can contact him at Marcofigueroa AT mafcorp DOT net. From announce at lists.nycbug.org Tue Apr 27 15:51:55 2010 From: announce at lists.nycbug.org (NYC*BUG Announcements) Date: Tue, 27 Apr 2010 15:51:55 -0400 Subject: [announce] NYC*BUG Upcoming Message-ID: <4BD7405B.4090609@ceetonetechnology.com> A few off-week announces: * May 5, June 2 NYC*BUG meetings * BSDCan registration * LOPSA PICC Conference * Interships Through NYC*BUG * BSD TV May 05, 2010 Scapy 6:45 PM, Suspenders Restaurant http://www.suspendersbar.com/location.php Scapy is one of the most powerful packet manipulation programs currently available. One of its powerful features lies within its capability in creating and decoding packets using numerous different types of protocols. In addition, it also has the ability send and receive packets, plus performing a number of useful penetration testing tasks, such as, handling tasks like scanning, tracerouting, network discovery and certain attacks. It serves duties like sending invalid frames, and creating double encapsulated packets in order to perform VLAN hopping. Perform Nmap-like scan much faster, inject 802.11 wireless frames, and combine different types of custom manipulation techniques within a single packet. Kevin Figueroa has been a life-long resident of the Bronx. Over the last 13 years he has developed skills on a wide range of cyber security, which lead him to various certifications as, A+, Network +, Security +, and CEH. He has spoken at the several Cyber Security Conference in the world. Kevin is the President and Senior Security Analyst for K & T International Consulting, Inc, which provides a spectrum of cyber security services like, security analysis, penetration testing, compliance audit, wireless security assessment, and reverse engineering analysis. K & T International Consulting, Inc. has successfully managed projects for clients like, The Federal Reserve Bank, CitiGroup, MacQuesten Inc. and many Fortune 500 companies. He is also the founder of Bronx Academy of Intelligent Technologists (BAIT). This academy focuses on teaching cyber security, certification courses, and preforming IT security research and Development. By grooming children and young adults on future technologies and how to secure these technology the students will be a great asset in securing the future of Corporations and national infrastructure. * * * * June 2nd is Nikolai on "Introduction to GDB for System Administrators and Programmers." * * * * BSDCan registration is open at http://www.bsdcan.org/2010/registration.php For a list of presentations, http://www.bsdcan.org/2010/schedule/ Some on-campus rooms are still available. * * * * LOPSA PICC Conference (sysadmins and all invited!) http://lopsanj.org/ Sysadmins and IT professionals! Training! Talks! Fun! Hyatt Regency, New Brunswick, NJ. (1 hour by train from Penn Station; then a 3 block walk: http://lopsanj.org/events/picc10/a-special-note-for-people-from-new-york-city-and-philly.html ) Non-profit, community-oriented. Unix/Windows/Storage/Networking! "Regional Conferences are your best conference value!" * * * * Several students have been offered internships through the NYC*BUG network. We strongly encourage both prospective interns and firms with intern positions to utilize the jobs@ list for connecting up. * * * * Two NYC*BUG members have begun to build out BSD TV, using both BSD Certification and NYC*BUG materials for video content. You can check them out on http://bsdtv.blip.tv NYC*BUG is proud to host and support the project.