It's great to master security and hacking, but it is a noble endeavor to teach what you have learned. It is nobler still to pass this knowledge on to a younger generation. This is the goal of Hacker Highschool. Check them out.

http://www.hackerhighschool.org

Don

Directly from the Technical Director of EC-Council, he states that:

"We have certified around 6,000 people worldwide, but this number is increasing very fast."

As for CPTS having to recertify, I'll get that answer for you. Probably next week.

Don

Hot on the heels of this web article, eWeek Magazine features a full blown cover article dealing with Microsoft's Blue Hats. Read it in the print issue or click below:

http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,1879502,00.asp

Don

Michael Lynn, made famous for exposing a major hole in Cisco's software at Black Hat this year, is now employed at Cisco rival, Juniper. Sometimes the world is just a funny place.

For full story:
http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,1882028,00.asp

Don

LOS ANGELES, California (Reuters) -- A 20-year-old man accused of using thousands of hijacked computers, or "bot nets," to damage systems and send massive amounts of spam across the Internet was arrested on Thursday in what authorities called the first such prosecution of its kind.

For full story:
http://www.cnn.com/2005/TECH/11/04/crime.botmaster.reut/index.html

Really cool article by a man who knows. He wrote the book on it! Ira Winkler gives us a taste of the contents of his book, Spies Among Us, in this article from ComputerWorld. The group is known as Titan Rain.

http://www.computerworld.com/securitytopics/security/story/0,10801,105585,00.html

Don

Just added a number of links.

http://www.ethicalhacker.net/component/option,com_weblinks/catid,17/Itemid,27/

Feel free to use this forum to make suggestions to us.

Don

Let's see if this works:
http://www.itarchitect.com/docs/tutorials.jhtml

Don

Please join us for SANS CDI West 2005 on December 4-9th in San Diego where we have scheduled six top-notch immersion training tracks!

Perhaps you often work with policy or have moved into the management arena. Have your technical skills fallen off a bit? SANS training is "simply the best way to get up to speed on a specific security track as quickly as possible," states Eric Ayotte of M&T Bank Corporation. CDI West 2005 will give you the opportunity to advance your knowledge in the following areas:

Audit 507: Auditing Networks, Perimeters & Systems
Security 401: SANS Security Essentials Bootcamp Style
Security 502: Firewalls, Perimeter Protection & VPNs
Security 503: Intrusion Detection In-Depth
Security 504: Hacker Techniques, Exploits & Incident Handling

Conference Location
Sheraton San Diego Hotel & Marina
1380 Harbor Island Drive
San Diego, CA 92101 US
Phone: 619-291-2900
Fax: 619-692-2337

http://www.sans.org/cdiwest2005/

Please join us in Baltimore, MD, November 14-19 for SANS Inner Harbor 2005. We are pleased to offer six of our full immersion tracks, as well as a dry run of one of our newest courses:

Audit 507: Auditing Networks, Perimeters & Systems
Security 401: SANS Security Essentials Bootcamp Style
Security 502: Firewalls, Perimeter Protection & VPNs
Security 503: Intrusion Detection In-Depth
Security 504: Hacker Techniques, Exploits & Incident Handling
Security 508: System Forensics, Investigation & Response
Security 553: Stay Sharp: Metasploit for Penetration Testers

Conference Location
Wyndham Baltimore - Inner Harbor
101 West Fayette Street
Baltimore, Maryland 21201

http://www.sans.org/innerharbor2005/

Attend the industry's premier network security conference — CSI NetSec. NetSec combines management topics with a technical focus to bring you cutting edge strategies and solutions. CSI NetSec '06 will be held June 12-14, 2006 in Scottsdale, AZ.

The Phoenician
6000 East Camelback Road
Scottsdale, Arizona 85251
http://www.thephoenician.com/pages/index.html

http://gocsi.com/netsec/

CSI 32nd Annual Conference and Exhibition features 133 Sessions presented in 2 formats (Session, Double Session) and separated into 14 Tracks (Attacks and Countermeasures, Awareness Training and Education, Compliance and Governance, Critical Issues, Forensics, Government, Hands-On Technology, Identity & Access Management, Introduction to Computer Security, Management, Risk and Audit, Technology, Web Services, Working with Developers) starting at 11:00am on Monday, November 14 and running daily through 12:00 pm on Wednesday, November 16, 2005.

Marriott Wardman Park Hotel
2660 Woodley Road NW
Washington D.C. 20008
1-800-228-9290

http://www.csi32nd.com/

This came from IT Architect Magazine:

What does application protection mean, and how do the various market segments-including firewalls, Intrusion Prevention Systems (IPSs), and application-specific firewalls-implement their solutions?

Security vendors liberally sprinkle their marketing literature with claims about their ability to protect Web, e-mail, and other applications. But what does application protection mean, and how do the various market segments-including firewalls, Intrusion Prevention Systems (IPSs), and application-specific firewalls-implement their solutions?

Applications can be attacked through the protocols that carry them, or by manipulating the logic of the application code itself. Understanding how different types of attacks are carried out will help you assess your risk and better understand how to protect yourself.

For full story:
http://www.itarchitect.com/shared/article/showArticle.jhtml;jsessionid=00NXZCH5QREQIQSNDBOCKH0CJUMEKJVN?articleId=22103705&classroom=

Don

Black Hat Briefings: Knowledge is Half the Battle

Black Hat Briefings bring together a unique mix in security: the best minds from government agencies and global corporations with the underground's most respected hackers. These forums take place regularly in Las Vegas, Amsterdam, Tokyo, and Singapore. Black Hat Briefings USA has grown to over 2500 technically advanced attendees. Briefings in Europe and Asia host over 250 attendees each.

USA 2006 Briefings & Training
July 29-August 3, Caesars Palace, Las Vegas

http://www.blackhat.com/html/bh-link/briefings.html

Black Hat Briefings: Knowledge is Half the Battle

Black Hat Briefings bring together a unique mix in security: the best minds from government agencies and global corporations with the underground's most respected hackers. These forums take place regularly in Las Vegas, Amsterdam, Tokyo, and Singapore. Black Hat Briefings USA has grown to over 2500 technically advanced attendees. Briefings in Europe and Asia host over 250 attendees each.

Europe 2006 Briefings & Training
February 28-March 3, Grand Hotel Krasnapolsky, Amsterdam, the Netherlands

http://www.blackhat.com/html/bh-europe-06/bh-eu-06-index.html