[ProgSoc] Fwd: [ruxmon-sydney] Ruxmon Sydney - Friday 5th - April

Leefe 3trk at progsoc.org
Tue Apr 2 19:16:59 EST 2013


This Friday is the next Ruxmon.

Register and turn up for interesting talks about IT security.

Leefe.
Alumni Rep

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> From: Ruxcon <ruxcon at ruxcon.org.au>
> Date: 2 April 2013 4:39:18 PM AEDT
> To: ruxcon at mail2.tengutech.net
> Cc: ruxmon-sydney at lists.ruxcon.org.au
> Subject: [ruxmon-sydney] Ruxmon Sydney - Friday 5th - April
> 
> Ruxmon Sydney is on Friday the 5th of April. Ruxmon is a free event and everyone is welcome to attend. Please register by visiting: http://www.ruxmon.com/sydney/
> 
> We are currently looking for some new Ruxmon speakers. Please email me if you would like to speak on anything security related for between 10-30 minutes in front a small and non-intimidating audience.
> 
> For more information please visit our website: http://www.ruxmon.com
> 
> Presentations
> 
> The C language sucks - Ryan Mallon
> 
> Ryan will take us on a journey of discovery through the magical world of the C language and library functions, focusing on the strange edge cases and vague documentation that make it difficult to write secure and sane software.
> 
> Ryan is a software developer who predominantly works on embedded ARM/Linux virtualisation software. Has a beard, but it isn’t as glorious as thoth’s was.
> 
> Bit-squatting: How random memory errors affect your web-applications - Phil Muir
> 
> We all know about the cybersquatters relying on typographical errors to hijack requests to a domain, but it’s not only fat fingers producing such soft errors. From solar flares to overheating mobile phones, flipped bits in DNS lookups can allow attackers to intercept traffic sent to your website without the need for any human input.
> 
> This talk will explore the implications of the often-overlooked class of errors that happen between your web browser and the DNS server. Is ‘bit-squatting’ a serious risk or mere annoyance? We’ll look at how it works; how often it happens; and what you can do to mitigate it.
> 
> Phil is a software engineer at Bigcommerce.
> 
> Details 
> 
> Date: April, 5th
> Time: 6:00PM 
> Location: Google Sydney, 5/48 Pirrama Road, Pyrmont. Directions: The Google office is a short walk from the Star City Metro Light Rail stop. Attendees should either walk up to level 5 or take elevator. There will be a registration desk where name-tags will be handed out (prior registration is required) to attendees.

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