I fly out to Las Vegas tomorrow for the trifecta of summer security conventions held in oppressing heat. BlackHat Briefings, BSides Las Vegas, and DEF CON 21. If you want to catch up to talk about attrition.org, OSVDB, or anything vulnerability related, look for the disgruntled person likely wearing a squirrel-themed shirt. If you would like to stalk me down to catch up, chat about anything, or shank me, this friendly guide will assist you:
Wednesday
I will be at BSides in the morning to catch a few talks, mingle, and generally harass the BSides staff. Because they didn’t have enough going on putting together the entire convention. In the early afternoon I will make my way to BlackHat to register, visit a few vendor booths, and then give a presentation at 3:30 with Steve Christey in Palace 1 room. The talk is called “Buying Into the Bias: Why Vulnerability Statistics Suck”. Hopefully we will demonstrate how vulnerability statistics have sucked throughout the years, ways to improve them, and more. After the talk and any Q&A, I hope to stick around for the Pwnie awards and BarCon, before heading to either the Adobe or Tenable party.
Thursday
I will be at BSides almost all day and hope to catch a variety of talks that sound interesting. Later in the evening I will be in various places for a dinner meeting, and then may swing by the Microsoft party to harass their security people before ending up back at BSides for the after party.
Friday
I will be at Defcon and Skytalks, likely lingering around the Skytalks room if nothing else going on. At 8P, the Defcon Documentary is showing, as well as Hacker Pyramid / Hacker Jeopardy.
Saturday
I will be at Defcon and Skytalks, until 3P where I will present the Defcon Recognize Awards with Russ in Track 3. Come see who the charlatan of the year is, among other categories! That evening at 8P is the screening of the new movie “Reality Hackers” in Track 2. After that, probably doing vile things at the 303 party.
Sunday
If you haven’t found me by this time, you failed.