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Code Auditing the Defcon Way
An anonymous reader writes "Last weekend at Defcon, the best and brightest hackers got together to play Capture the Flag, a weekend long hacking event that is the premier event of its kind. According to the results, Shellphish won (UC Santa Barbara students led by professor Giovanni Vigna). An article at SecurityFocus states that the competition was far more technical than in previous years, focusing on reverse engineering skills and code auditing." From the article: "The game required skills that are also required by both security researchers and hackers, such as ability to analyze attack vectors, understanding and automating attacks, finding new, unpredictable ways to exploit things...It's about analyzing the security posture of a system that is given to you and about which you initially know nothing."
Sort of like when extreme sports went mainstream... Seems like this is a better way for people to show of their skills for the ever growing, and ever more lucrative security business....
And All I Ask is a Tall Ship And a Star to Steer Her By
i wish i had a dollar for every time some bearded lowlife tried to put firefox on my computer. who do they think they're fooling?
"According to the results, Shellphish won"
Who wants to be that Shellphish hacked the results...
The ways of gods are mysteriously indistinguishable from chance.
Yes and things have really improved from OT to NT. Used to be that when the system crashed, you were down for 40 days, with NT you're back up and running in 3.
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