Monday, August 11, 2008

BlackHat and Defcon

Quick Breakdown:

- I apologize if you were present to witness my drunken ass-hattery on Wednesday evening. A special apology goes out to Greg and Alex for stolen and spilled drinks.

- My song 'Clockwork' did not win the pwnie, but my response from the crowd was still rewarding. A brief review of the awards here.

- Mark Dowd and Alex Sotirov are super pimps for their talk on "How To Impress Girls With Browser Memory Protection Bypasses". This talk introduced a very clever means of bypassing the memory protection mechanisms in Vista when dealing with browser exploits. Phenomenal talk with an awesome sense of humor.

- I passed the NOP cert by Immunity, with an embarrassing time in the mid to high thirties (I forget my exact time, but it isn't flattering). This was a fun test, and I recommend it to anyone who gets a chance to sit down and take it. In the 40 minute time limit, it tests your ability to find and exploit simple stack overflows on Windows 2000.

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