Black Hat Days 5-6

Yes I know the lights have been turned off and even Defcon has come and gone but I was busy and my Internet access limited. I'll summarize the major happenings and post info about specific talks after spending more time reviewing my notes and going through the slides/white papers.

Day 5 well sucked, the reason food poisoning. Not sure where I caught it but I did. The parties last night went by just fine. Me and a few others started at the Secure University get together, where they gave out a free test. We then headed to the Qualys party in the Absolute suit. It started off decently. We then headed out to a third party. At this unnamed third party much silliness ensued. One friend earned a new handle of H1ghh33lz after someone dared him to walk around the party with in them. Not wanting to back down the friend promptly set out to find a pair to borrow, he found a pair and completed the dare. But wait there is more, the person he borrowed the heels from happens to be an editor at a well know magazine.

Waking up with food poisoning sucked. Now many would say it was a hangover, I on the other hand have medical proof other wise. (yes I broke down and went in to a clinic). I spent the rest of the day taking it easy. While I hung out at some other get togethers (the Cisco one was very nice BTW), I simply drank lots of water and played DD.

Day 6: I woke up feeling much better. The talks to day were interesting and I'll post some highlights later. To day was also the final day at Black Hat. The vendor parties were okay, I started out at the Core meet and greet and soon moved on to the IO Active one after the Core one became too crowded. After the IO Active meet and greet me and a few others went over to the Shadow Bar where H1ghh33lz put the nail in his coffin about avoiding the new handle, when him and another friend jokingly walked around the Shadow Bar in another pair of Highheels. The shoes in question were provided by a weeding party that had broken and looking to spend the rest of the night out on the town. Only difference is that this time not only did we get pictures of the event (well the weeding party did and will hopefully be sending them on) but H1ghh33lz kept the shoes.

Finally on to Defcon. As with the rest of Black Hat I'll summarize the major events and expand on specific talks/topics as time permits.

Ish