RVAsec 2014 will be held on Thursday and Friday, June 5th and 6th at the Commonwealth Ballroom at VCU’s University Commons. Training classes will be held on Wednesday, June 4th.
CFP information will be coming shortly!
Surveys, Slides, Videos and more!
RVAsec 2013 is over and we are very pleased with how everything turned out! It was an aggressive move to grow the way we did this year, but we heard your feedback loud and clear, and you demanded more!
The first year RVAsec was a 1 day single track conference that attracted approximately 170 attendees. This year, we grew to 2 days, 2 tracks and had over 265 attendees!
Some thanks are in order for:
- Our brilliant keynote speakers Alex Hutton and Chris Wysopal
- The amazing speakers that shared their time and knowledge!
- All of the trainers for providing affordable classes to the RVA community
- Hack.RVA for once again making awesome badges
- Hope and VCU for all of their support and the facility
- All of the volunteers for donating their time to ensure everything was in order
- The sponsors for making it possible to put on the conference
- Rapid7 for the after party
- Create A Print & Sign for the shirts
- The CTF team for putting on an amazing event
- And of course to everyone that attended RVAsec 2013!
We are in the process of cleaning up some loose ends to wrap up RVAsec 2013. Here are a few other quick updates:
- Attendee survey will be out soon–we need your feedback to make RVAsec 2014 even better, so please take a few minutes to complete it
- Training feedback survey has been sent to all attendees
- Slides will be posted soon
- We will be starting post processing on video in the coming days and will have them ready as soon as possible.
If you have any questions please contact us!
No Ticket, No Entry–But Watch the Videos!
Just a reminder that RVAsec 2013 is completely sold out!
This means that you will not be allowed entrance to the conference if you are not registered–absolutely no tickets will be available at the door!
We’re sorry if you missed out on a ticket, however, we are recording the speakers and will have talks posted after the conference. Please follow @rvasec on Twitter (or the good ol’ RSS feed) for video announcements and registration dates for next year!
After Party Sponsored by Rapid7
Rapid7 is hosting the RVAsec after party on Friday, May 31 at the Tobacco Company! The event takes place right after the conference ends–so just head from VCU down to Shockoe Slip for some cocktails and appetizers!
Please be sure to sign up for this event using this link:
http://information.rapid7.com/
Event Details:
Friday May 31st 6:30pm-9:30PM
Tobacco Company Restaurant
1201 E Cary St. Richmond, VA 23219
RVAsec Hotel Block Almost Full!
The reserved RVAsec block of rooms at the Crowne Plaza is almost full! If you need a room for the conference please book as soon as possible.
The rate is $112/night (which includes parking)– when you call ask to speak with “in-house reservations” and mention the block “RVAsec” to get the special rate. Unfortunately, you will need to call the hotel to get the rate and cannot get the rate online.
Crowne Plaza Richmond Downtown
555 East Canal Street, Richmond VA 23219
804-788-0900 or 800-2CROWNE
The hotel has a shuttle that runs back and forth from the conference location at VCU for both days.
When the RVAsec block is full or is expired we cannot extend it. If for some reason you need another hotel here is a link to some near the conference location.
RVAsec 2013 is SOLD OUT!
We are pleased to announce that RVAsec 2013 is now sold out and we look forward to a great event! In the coming days we will provide some additional information about the conference to all that have registered.
There are a few spots remaining for training classes and registration will remain open until Midnight Eastern Timezone.
See you soon!
RVAsec 2013 Logo By @spux
We are pleased to debut our new RVAsec 2013 logo by Mar (@spux).
Jericho added to RVAsec lineup!
Just in case you still haven’t bought a ticket for RVAsec a day before registration ends, here’s a bit more to sweeten the pot: Jericho of attrition.org (@attritionorg) has agreed to present again! We’re not sure what he’ll come up with on short notice, but we’ve demanded it end with a standing ovation.
In case you missed his talk from last year, here’s the video:
(note: no squirrels were harmed in the bribing of jericho)
Pwn Plug Elite To Be Raffled at RVAsec!
We are pleased to announce that we will be raffling off a Pwn Plug Elite at RVAsec! For those that attended last year, you most likely are aware of what the Pwn Plug is since Dave and the Pwnie Express team provided us a few to raffle off. But this year they have upped the stakes big time and provided the Pwn Plug Elite which is valued at $995.
Pwn Plug Elite
The industry’s first enterprise-class penetration testing drop box. Through its innovative, patent-pending design, the Pwn Plug covers the entire spectrum of a full-scale pentesting engagement, from physical-layer to application-layer.
- Includes all release 1.1 features
- Includes 4G/GSM cellular, Wireless (802.11b/g/n), high-gain Bluetooth, & USB-Ethernet adapters
- Fully-automated NAC/802.1x/RADIUS bypass!
- Out-of-band SSH access over 4G/GSM cell networks!
- Text-to-Bash: text in bash commands via SMS!
- Simple web-based administration with “Plug UI”
- One-click Evil AP, stealth mode, & passive recon
- Maintains persistent, covert, encrypted SSH access to your target network
- Tunnels through application-aware firewalls & IPS
- Supports HTTP proxies, SSH-VPN, & OpenVPN
- Sends email/SMS alerts when SSH tunnels are activated
- Preloaded with Debian 6, Metasploit, SET, Fast-Track, w3af, Kismet, Aircrack, SSLstrip, nmap, Hydra, dsniff, Scapy, Ettercap, Bluetooth/VoIP/IPv6 tools, & more!
- Unpingable and no listening ports in stealth mode
- Includes 16GB SDHC card for extra storage
- Includes stealthy decal stickers
The included unlocked 4G/GSM adapter is:
- Compatible with SIM cards from AT&T, T-mobile, Vodafone, Orange, and GSM carriers in over 160 countries
- HSDPA/UMTS (850/1700/1900/2100MHz)
- GSM/GPRS/EDGE (850/900/1800/1900MHz)
Don’t forget to register by 5/15 to make sure you get a chance to win the Pwn Plug Elite!
Hotel Information – Book now!
RVAsec has reserved a block of rooms at the Crowne Plaza for out of town guests. The rate is $112/night (which includes parking)–just mention block “RVAsec” to get the special rate. Unfortunately, you will need to call the hotel to get the rate and cannot get the rate online.
If you need a room, please make sure that you get your room ASAP!
Crowne Plaza Richmond Downtown
555 East Canal Street, Richmond VA 23219
804-788-0900 or 800-2CROWNE
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!