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Training: Hunting The White Whale – Offensive Application Pentesting

April 7, 2015
AnnouncementTraining

We are pleased to announce that Kizz MyAnthia will be joining us this year to teach a class!

Hunting The White Whale – Offensive Application Pentesting

OVERVIEW

This course will introduce the attendees to the concepts of Information Security, the security issues that plague all applications today, learn how to create an attack strategy, and execute against the problem. This course will encompass both common and easily exploitable vulnerabilities and the more advanced or custom exploits and techniques that attackers use in the real world. We will discuss what motivates an attacker, what the types of mindsets are, and what tools they will most likely use.

Training classes are held on Thursday, June 3rd, before the conference.

For more information on the class and the instructor, or to register, please see:

http://rvasec.com/training/

Hotel Information – Book now!

March 4, 2015
AnnouncementConference

RVAsec has reserved a block of rooms at the Crowne Plaza for out of town guests. The rate is $113/night (which includes parking).

You can either book online or call the hotel.

When you call (855-472-7802) the hotel please tell mention the block “RVAsec” to get the special rate.

Crowne Plaza Richmond Downtown
555 East Canal Street, Richmond VA 23219
800-2CROWNE



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The hotel has a shuttle that runs back and forth from the conference location at VCU for both days.

If for any reason you are unable to get the RVAsec rate or the block of rooms has been filled, please let us know so we can contact the hotel!

Once the block is full or expires we are not able to have it extended.

Make sure you check out information on getting to the conference.

G. Mark Hardy (@g_mark) To Keynote RV4sec!

March 2, 2015
AnnouncementConference

We are pleased to announce that G. Mark Hardy will be keynoting RV4sec 2015!

G. Mark Hardy is founder and President of National Security Corporation and GMH-photo-2has provided cyber security expertise to government, military, and commercial clients for over 30 years.  Also founder of CardKill, Inc., he is a retired U.S. Navy Captain, and an internationally recognized expert who has presented at over 250 events world-wide.  He serves on the Advisory Board of the National CyberWATCH Center.  A graduate of Northwestern University, he holds a BS in Computer Science, a BA in Mathematics, a Masters in Business Administration, a Masters in Strategic Studies, and holds CISSP, CISM, GSLC, and CISA certifications.

RV4sec 2015 Tickets On Sale Now!

February 4, 2015
AnnouncementConference

 

Tickets for RV4sec 2015 are now on sale!

Early registration price is only $125 for great speakers, food and beverages, t-shirt, swag, parking and more!

RV4sec’s base ticket price for 2015 is $150 and will be in place on 3/14–so don’t wait! And if that’s not enough incentive to purchase your tickets early, late registrations (after 5/17) will be $225!

Don’t forget all the things you get with registration, including 2 full days of talks, meals, parking, snacks, drinks, reception, after party, prizes, a capture the flag contest, t-shirt & swag!

So, to recap the conference prices:

  • $125 discounted price until 3/14
  • $150 regular price until 5/16
  • $225 late registration until 5/30

 

If you are unable to attend due to the price, please contact us to discuss as we do have stipends available and volunteer opportunities are a great way to get in for free! Once again there will be no tickets sold at the door, and don’t forget that RV4sec has sold out every year–so don’t wait!

Register now!

RVAsec 2015 CFP is now open!

January 3, 2015
AnnouncementConference

The call for papers for RVAsec 4 is now open!

Click here to submit a talk to the CFP now!

 

Conference: June 4-5th, 2015

Location: Richmond, VA

CFP Submission Deadline: March 14th, 2015 at 11:59 PM Eastern

RVAsec is a Richmond, VA based security convention that brings top industry speakers to the midatlantic region. In its third year, RVAsec 2014 attracted 350 security professionals from across the country. For 2015, the conference is a two day and dual-track format, with a mixed focus on technical and management/business presentations.

All talks must be 55 minutes in length, and submissions will need to select either technical or business/management tracks.

Join us and enjoy the perks!

For more information and requirements, or to submit, please visit:

http://rvasec.com/2015-cfp/

If you are interested in running a training class on June 3rd, please email us at info@rvasec.com with the following information:

1) Title Of Class
2) Overview of Class (enough details that we can properly understand what students will learn!)
3) Instructor Name
4) Instructor Bio
5) Desired Class Size
6) Student Prerequisites:
7) Proposed Cost / Amount Required Per Student:

RVAsec 2014 Videos

July 30, 2014
AnnouncementVideos

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Miss a talk or even the entire conference? No problem! All of the speaker videos and presentations are linked below, or you can view the full Youtube playlist here!


David Kennedy – Keynote

Gene Fishel – Keynote

Ben Tomhave – How to Achieve Success with Cyber Risk Assessment and Analysis

Brian Baskin – Introducing Intelligence into Malware Analysis

David J. Bianco – The Pyramid of Pain: Intel-Driven Detection & Response to Increase Your Adversary’s Cost of Operations

Dan Holden & Elizabeth Martin – Pissing Down The Leg Of Much Of Our Careers; Why Are You People Still Buying Firewalls & IPS?

David Sharpe & Katherine Trame – Real World Intrusion Response – Lessons from the Trenches

Evan Booth – Terminal Cornucopia: Demystifying the Mullet

Inga Goddijn – Cyber Insurance – Worth the Effort or Total Ripoff?

Jayson E. Street – The hacker in the fun house mirror (A talk on skewed perspectives)

Jack Mannino & Abdullah Munawar – How To Find Mobile Internet Love

Joey Peloquin – Offensive Mobile Forensics

Jonathan Dambrot – Third Party Risk Management and Cybersecurity

Kimberley Parsons & Carmen Sullo – Leading Security When the Rest of The Business Doesn’t Care About Security

mubix – Attacker Ghost Stories: Mostly Free Defenses That Gives Attackers Nightmares

Nick Popovich – I Found a Thing and You Can Too: ISP’s Unauthenticated SOAP Service = Find (almost) All the Things!

Pete Herzog – Five Secrets to Building an Amazing Security Culture in Your Organization

Ray Kelly – Man In The Front – Modifying the Android OS for Mobile Application Testing

Schuyler Towne – How to Make a Lock

Seth Hanford – CVSS v3 – This One Goes to 11

Steve Werby – Bad Advice, Unintended Consequences, and Broken Paradigms – Think & Act Different!

RVAs3c Shirt Revealed!

June 5, 2014
AnnouncementConference

We posted several months ago our new RVAs3c 2014 logo by Mar (@spux)!

RVAs3c 2014 Logo!But what we didn’t share the the T-shirt Mar made for us which is amazing!

Without further delay……….

RVAs3c-shirt

Quick Links

June 5, 2014
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RVAs3c Badge Firmware Source Code

June 3, 2014
Badges

IMG_20140215_140315Hack.RVA, who is building the cool badges for RVAs3c, has just released the firmware & programmer for them!

So if you want to dust off your C compiler to make these things do even more, or want to read the code to see what they can do… head over to the GitHub repo to check it out!

https://github.com/HackRVA/rvasec-badge-2014

 

Win Amazing Things At RVAsec!

June 3, 2014
Conference

As you know by know, by attending RVAs3c you are getting a lot of amazing things already, as well some great giveaways at the sponsor tables.  We have heard rumors that our friends at Sunera have WiFi Pineapple Mark V Tactical Bundle 6800 mAh and Risk Based Security has an HD Video Camera Spy Pen to raffle off.

What you don’t know is that we are also doing a Passport For Prizes this year!

Each attendee will receive a Passport at registration. If you want to play, then you must visit each sponsor table and obtain a signature or stamp on your Passport–you must complete the entire Passport (including contact information) in order to be eligible for the prize drawings, which will be held at the reception on Friday (sponsored by TruShield). You must be present at the reception to win.

What can you win?
-Exclusive RVAsec Speaker Bag provided by richSEC.  We can’t tell you anymore about it, except for it is EPIC.

– Not just one, but two “Mystery Bags Of Shit” provided by richSEC (in honor of Jericho – this prize also comes with peer pressure to blog about the contents!).

-Phantom Keystroker, RFID Blocking Passport Billfold, 8GB USB Flash Drive Bottle Opener and Butterfly Knife Styled Bottle Opener provided by Risk Based Security

-A $150 dollar gift card to Best Buy provided by GuidePoint Security.

-Amazon Fire TV provided by Prevalent.

And hopefully more items coming soon–this is a raffle you don’t want to miss!