BSidesROC

Food Options

algorythm — Sun, 12 Apr 2015 19:01:39 +0000

We’re excited to finally be able to announce the food options for this year’s BSidesROC. We’ve teamed up with the folks at ButAPub to make sure all you hackers have delicious food to eat, that won’t cost a million dollars. Not only did they step up to the challenge, they even created a unique menu item specifically for BSidesROC!

We’ll have the usual sandwiches (turkey, roast beef, ham), and breakfast items (fruit, yogurt, breakfast sandwich). There’ll be a Vietnamese inspired banh mi sandwich. But the coolest thing (in our opinion) is the special Ramen dish they created for us. It comes with pork shoulder, veggies, a 62 degree egg & noodles, but the best part is that it’s served in a 32oz mason jar!

We’ll be posting a pre-order link very soon, to help finagle the logistics of getting ~300 people food all at the same time. Keep an eye out for that if you want to skip lines. Until then, you can check out the full menu at our website.

Sponsor Announcement – Simple Tech Innovations

algorythm — Mon, 06 Apr 2015 18:45:53 +0000

We’re pleased to announce a new sponsor this year – Simple Tech Innovations first started as an IT Consulting firm that provided secured and encrypted VPN networks to medical offices in the area. Since then they have grown into a business that provides IT and computer support throughout Monroe County and the surrounding counties.

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Hotel Information

algorythm — Mon, 06 Apr 2015 18:37:39 +0000

We’ve worked with the Hilton Garden Inn in Rochester to get a discounted rate for anyone coming in from out of town. If you reserve using their website (or call them at 585.232.5000 ), use code 3041567 to get the BSidesROC rate!

Announcing the Tor (not TOR) Research Workshop

algorythm — Wed, 25 Mar 2015 16:08:05 +0000

We’re adding another awesome event to our lineup this year – a Tor Research workshop!

This workshop will quickly take you from a basic understanding of Tor and anonymity networks, to the nuts and bolts of Tor and the Tor Network. The end result will be a working knowledge of how Tor truly works, what tools can be used to apply research, and what various ways of contributing to the Tor Project.

At the end of the class you will be able to, explain the cryptographic mechanisms used in a normal Tor circuit, programmatically interface with Tor using Python, intercept, review, and fingerprint Tor traffic, write your own pluggable transport, and simulate your own Tor network at your home

The cost of this workshop is $10 – and includes a VM image, stickers, and class content for each attendee. Registration is limited, sign up is at http://roctor2015.eventzilla.net.

NOTE: Neither AntiTree or BSidesROC are affiliated with Tor or the Tor Project.

Sponsor Announcement – Siege Technologies

algorythm — Tue, 24 Mar 2015 13:52:23 +0000

We’re happy to report that Siege Technologies has returned as a sponsor for BSidesROC 2015! Siege Technologies is a company that focuses on advancing the state of the art in computer security and information warfare technologies. Siege staff have extensive demonstrated expertise in software/host/network red teaming, protocol analysis, protection techniques, security engineering, and R&D for various DoD, intelligence and commercial organizations. Check out their website to learn more.

Sponsor Announcement – Grey Castle Security!

algorythm — Mon, 23 Mar 2015 18:19:34 +0000

We’re pleased to announce that Grey Castle Security is once again sponsoring BSidesROC! Grey Castle has been with us for a number of years, and has a very cool team of folks that focus on risk management, awareness and operational security. They saw a need for an information security consulting firm that truly focused on managing risks in people,...»Read the full article

Announcing the SDR Workshop!

algorythm — Tue, 17 Mar 2015 16:29:16 +0000

We’re excited to announce that we’ll be running an SDR workshop this year – presented by Jon Szymaniak – one of the developers from Nuand’s BladeRF, and Alex Page our local SDR guru and PHD student.

In last year’s SDR workshop, we gave lots of examples of projects you could do with RTLSDR, and pointed to the software you could use to do them. However, we didn’t have time to get into the details of that software, or explain any radio theory. This year, we are expanding the SDR workshop into a longer, more comprehensive session to cover those topics.

To start, we’ll talk about radio fundamentals: bandwidth, sampling, modulation, coding, etc. This will provide you with enough background to understand how things communicate using RF. Then, we will move on to an example application using gnuradio and other tools. You will follow along with your own laptop and SDR as we reverse-engineering something wireless and then – if your SDR can transmit – mess with it.

In a bit of a change for us, we’re going to be charging for this workshop. If you have your own SDR, your ticket to the class is 5 bucks, which gets you the training, as well as a CD-ROM filled with scripts, tools, and various other software to help you hack all the Hz. If you don’t have an SDR yet, we have a registration option that gets you all that, plus 1 RTLSDR. The cost for that ticket is $25.

If you’re interested, you should register soon – the class is limited to 30 seats. Registration is at http://rocsdr2015.eventzilla.net/

Sponsor Announcement – Intrepidus Group

algorythm — Mon, 16 Mar 2015 13:43:52 +0000

We’re excited to report that Intrepidus Group has once again sponsored BSidesROC! IG has been with BSidesROC since year one, and we’re glad they’ve agree to continue to support the hacker community. Intrepidus Group is a security company that focuses on the mobile space – if you need mobile applications or devices tested, they’re definitely...»Read the full article

Sponsor Announcement – Secure Network Technologies

algorythm — Mon, 16 Mar 2015 09:30:54 +0000

We’re very happy to announce that Secure Network Technologies has signed on once again to help keep BSidesROC running! SNT has been with us since we started, and if you’ve never heard of them, you’re missing out on an awesome company. They do everything from traditional pen testing to full scale red team physical security evaluations. They also go above & beyond to help the community, providing critical support to BSides events, donating high-quality gear to the local hacker space, and more. Check out their site to learn more about what they do.

Food @ BSidesROC

algorythm — Sat, 14 Mar 2015 13:39:40 +0000

So, if you’ve registered for the con already, you may have noticed that there were no food options. (If you haven’t registered yet, you should go do that now, then come back to this). We figure it’s probably a good idea to let you folks know what’s going on with food this year, so, here we are.

The first three years we ran BSidesROC, we bought food for everyone. Pizza (that sucked) the first year, then subs the next two years (better than the pizza, but not by much). Last year we switched venues, and had to buy food as part of the contract. Those that wanted to buy in to that food (taco bar), were able to. For the rest of you, we summoned a couple of food trucks and set up space in the parking lot for them. Most people went that route. This mostly worked, but was a giant PITA to manage, and cost us a ton (for the venue food).

This year, we’re taking a different approach. We’re letting the venue handle food entirely on its own, and not worrying about it from our side at all.

What does this mean for you?

Breakfast will be available for purchase directly from the venue
Lunch will be available for purchase directly from the venue
Lunch will also be available via food trucks in the parking lot again
If you hate the thought of buying from the venue, or food trucks, there are quite a few options within walking distance – feel free to hit them up.

If you want to take a peek at the kinds of food the venue offers, their menus are here.

Now, we’re a little unsure of the logisitcs around delivery (200+ people all ordering food at the same time seems like a good way to DoS a kitchen to us). We’ve talked with the venue about that, and come up with a plan. We will have a link posted that will let folks pre-order the food they want, thus “skipping the line” and avoiding backlog. Stay tuned to the venue section of the website for that.

We think that this will work out well for everyone, and if it turns out to suck, we’ll revisit the plan next year =)