HITB was awesome! Yeah I know I’m late but it’s better than never.

Several topics which caught my attention was

• STIF-ware Evolution by Meder and Fyodor
• VoIPhreaking: How to make free phone calls and influence people by the grugq
• Web Hacking Kung-Fu and Art of Defense by Shreeraj Shah
• Social Engineering Fundamentals by Anthony Zboralski
• Hide-And-Seek: Defining the Roadmap for Malware Detection on Windows by Joanna Rutkowska
• Wi-Fi Hotspot Security by Jim Geovedi
• Hacking Internet Banking Applications by Fabrice Marie
• x.25 (in)security in 2005: WHAT, WHY, WHEN, WHO, HOW by Raoul Chiesa

VIA’s Openhack was overhyped. When I saw the challenge, I knew noone was gonna break it. You will be given a notebook running Windows with their hardware installed. The challenge was to retrieve a file from an encrypted drive. You can’t crack open the notebook to access the hardware. I would have wagered my life’s savings that noone would break it in 2 days but noone wanted to take my bet

spoonfork briefed me on how he ran CtF. It was very informative. Perhaps I should try setting up a mini CtF for the guys. I’ll ask them if they’re up for it.

Thanks to everyone at HITB for having us. It’s been like the bestest joint I’ve ever had