Reflecting on this past weekend, I can't count the number of great memories that I have from Hack3rCon^4. Rob Dixon (@304geek), and the rest of the #304Geeks put on yet another amazing conference in 2013!
Hack3rCon^4 was held in Charleston, WV, and the slogan was "Eye Of The Storm." The conference was a single track with pen testing workshops, a locksport contest put on by Digital Trust (@digitaltrustllc), an awesome CTF put on by XRG (@the_xrg), and an awesome talk line-up!
This conference is one of my 'do not miss' items throughout the year. Being from West Virginia, I feel the need to do everything that I can to help my home state change their reputation to that of one representative of a more technical population having been produced there. The state suffers from poverty across most of it, but there is a core group of innovators seeking to change this momentum for the better! The other reason that I feel the need to be in attendance is that it is a conference who's sole goal is to generate funds to support Hackers For Charity. I believe that this is a cause that needs as many people as possible to rally around it and make a difference!
I was honored to be able to present at this year's Hack3rCon^4 conference, and my talk was entitled "Red Teaming Your Bug-Out Bag." Please check it out if you have not already done so, and provide me feedback on how I can better the presentation! For more information, and the Amazon shopping list containing the items mentioned in the presentation, please consult my previous blog posting.
It was a little overwhelming to see my name listed among such an esteemed group of information security professionals in the talk lineup. The presenters did not disappoint either! There were so many great talks and Adrian Crenshaw (@irongeek_adc) once again amazed us at his speed-to-delivery of the videos being posted on his website and announced on Twitter.
You can view each of the presentation videos by clicking here!
Though I had every intention of participating in the XRG's Hack3rCon^4 Capture the Flag contest, I found myself desiring to spend more time in conversation and building relationships with those in attendance than I did to spend the conference with my head down in my laptop. I had such a great time hanging with @k0nsp1racy, @icbkr, @304geek, @irongeek_adc, @oncee, @cowboysfaninky, @johndegruyter, @kill9core, @hackhunger, @myddrn, @johnschipp, @cptsexy, @ragingotaku and many others, that I feel that I made the right decision. I even got the chance to catch up with my old buddy @ablinkin for a 20 mile bike ride, though I was unable to sway his attendance to the conference, we still had a great time! I do somewhat regret not challenging myself to see if I could overcome the odds in the competition, but I had an outright awesome time in conversation that couldn't be replicated anywhere else!
I did however try my hand at the Digital Trust LLC. (@digitaltrustllc), LockSport contest, and had an awesome time! Brian Martin (@icbkr) had a wide variety of locks available in the gambit as well as a few safes for the popping! His rigs were well put together, and you could tell that he had invested a lot of time and money into putting this competition together!
The competition consisted of a select number of locks and safes, each having a point value assigned to them. Each participant was given 15 minutes on the clock, and points were awarded for each lock successfully picked within the time allotment.
I was very fortunate to have ended up with the winning score, and was awarded with a certificate for training from Front Sight Firearms Training Institute! Now to find my way out to Nevada to take advantage of this opportunity!
Brian Martin with Digital Trust, LLC deserves an extra round of gratitude due to his generosity throughout the conference though. He not only put in all of the time, effort, and funding to put together such an awesome LockSport contest, he presented "Imaging A Skyscraper", but he also sponsored the Hacker Family Dinner (@hackerfamdinner) as well as the dinner for the party on Saturday evening! I hope that one day, I am in a position to show that level of appreciation to the community! Thank you Brian!
In conclusion, I had an outstanding time at Hack3rCon^4 this year and can't wait to see what 2014 holds in store for this potent little conference!
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