Offensive security hackers from all over the world met in Miami April 11-12--the best and brightest in the hacker community--the largest gathering of purely offensive information security experts in the world, including more than 200 hackers from as far away as Israel, India, Sweden and China. Organized and sponsored by Immunity, an education firm founded by former NSA hacker Dave Aitel: “Defensive information security tends to focus on potential protective measures,” he told FoxNews.com. “Offensive information security looks purely at getting into computers -- and staying there undetected.” Who uses offensive techniques? A wide range of people from governments and banks through to researchers working on protecting critical national infrastructure. “INFILTRATE is important because it is the only conference dedicated to offensive information security techniques. Attendees share technical competence in the area plus a common interest in learning more about it. Legendary hacker “RenderMan,” also known as Brad Haines, gave a keynote on “Attacking the Next Generation Air Traffic Control System” -- hacking the FAA’s monitoring system. “I came to INFILTRATE to spread knowledge of vulnerabilities in air traffic control in hopes that the attention and collaboration with other hackers would result in a safer and more secure air traffic control system,” he told FoxNews.com. Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/tech/2013/04/12/largest-gathering-offensive-hackers-converges-on-miami/#ixzz2QMw0n8Qk
more info at: http://infiltratecon.com/
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