[Article]-Webcast Exclusive: eLS Launches Hack.me Free Virtual Labs for Web Application Security

[don]

We're very excited to announce that eLearnSecurity has chosen EH-Net as the official location of the global launch of their new project. If you haven't heard, they are making Hack.me, their webapp security lab, available for free!! The launch includes this free webcast for details on the project. Please help us spread the word far and wide.

Permanent Link:[Article]-Webcast Exclusive: eLS Launches Hack.me Free Virtual Labs for Web Application Security

Join us for a Free Webcast on Oct 9 

EH-Net EXCLUSIVE: eLearnSecurity Officially Launches Hack.me WebApp Labs

Imagine a security virtual lab that is run by the community for the community... Free of charge! This is Hack.me. Hack.me allows web application security researchers and instructors to create and share vulnerable web applications for testing and educational purposes. Users will be able to run and practice offensive techniques against always new vulnerable web applications provided by the community. Practicing the OWASP Top 10, testing vulnerabilities against CMSs, verifying the latest exploits against COTS will be just a click away. Hack.me is completely FREE for all to use, accessible online and hosted in the cloud. Based on the Coliseum Framework, every vulnerable application created on hack.me is run on the fly in an absolutely safe and isolated sandbox. Join this webinar where Armando Romeo, founder of eLearnSecurity backing the Hack.me project, and Thomas MacKenzie, web application security specialist, will unveil the project and launch it to the world.

Armando Romeo is the founder of eLearnSecurity and co-author of Penetration Testing Course Professional. With over 100 security advisories published with the Hackers Center Security Research Group and vulnerabilities found in Microsoft, Joomla, osCommerce, Invision and others, Armando has spent the first part of his career in web application security research. He currently serves as CEO of eLearnSecurity, inspiring and leading new R&D projects like Hera, Coliseum, and Hack.me developed in the eLearnSecurity labs in Pisa, Italy. Thomas Mackenzie is an Application Security Consultant based in England, United Kingdom. Thomas has been asked to present technical talks at a number of international events including, DeepSec, Bsides Chicago, 44con and BlackHat Abu Dhabi. Thomas also speaks at a number of domestic venues including; OWASP events across the UK, PHP London, Marketing Event around WordPress, DC4420 and guest lecturing on appsec and vulnerability management at a number of UK universities. Thomas is the founder of upSploit Advisory Management, an automated disclosure system that helps security researchers and vendors communicate vulnerability information quickly, easily and in an ethical manner. Thomas found a number of vulnerabilities in well known software i.e. Wordpress and a highly downloaded iPhone App.

Date:  Tuesday October 9, 2012
Time:  1:00 PM - 2:00 PM CDT




https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/366762738

Even if you can't join us live, please register anyway to get details on the video!

Enjoy,
Don

[hayabusa]

Sounds like a winner.  Congrats, Armando, for making this one public!

[Jamie.R]

Will this be recorded as I will be working but sounds like a great project. Does anyone know if they looking for people to get involved in it ?

[m0wgli]

Yes it will be recorded, although you'll have to wait.

When you register the e-mail sent states the following "NOTE: The video of the entire presentation will be published on EH-Net in November. All registrants will be emailed when it is available".

It also has information on how you can help: "This is a free project that could use as much help as you can give. Please follow us on twitter, RT, forward the invite to this webcast, post it to your blogs... anything you can do to help spread the word and help us give back to the security community is greatly appreciated.

@hackmeproject
@elearnsecurity
@ethicalhacker

If you want more direct involvement it wouldn't hurt to ask Armando or Thomas (@TWMacKenzie) directly.

[Armando]

Hello all and thanks for the interest in the project.
If you want to contribute to the project we ARE looking for volounteers.
In a couple days we'll start a close beta to test some areas of the site.
If you can code PHP your help will be precious.

If you have entered your email address on hack.me you wil get an email.
Please use @hackmeproject if you want to contact us.

BtwThomas account is @tmacuk not the one above.

Thank you!

[m0wgli]

BtwThomas account is @tmacuk not the one above.

If you got to @tmacuk it say's "Follow @twmackenzie - my new account" and "I will not be tweeting from this account anymore - please use @twmackenzie." 

[Armando]

Yes it's @TWMacKenzie, sorry for the mistake.

[Jamie.R]

Ah is @TWMacKenzie involved int the project then ? I know his web app foo is pretty awesome. Interesting my PHP skills are bit rusty but would not mind getting involved.

[m0wgli]

For anyone interested in the Beta test, you can sign up here:

http://hack.me/beta.html

[Jamie.R]

Signed up looking forward to it.

[don]

Less than a week to go. Be one of the first to explore this community-driven free resource for webapp pentesting.

Even if you can't make the live event, please register anyway to get notified when the video of the entire event is released.

Don

PS - Thanks to all who retweeted. Keep up the great work.

[don]

Time flies!! This free webcast is tomorrow at 1 central time. Please register even if you can't make the live event, as the registrants will be the first to know when the video of the event goes live.

Thanks,
Don

[don]

See you in about 1 hour.

Don

[shadowzero]

Great webinar! Was nice to see how easy it was to create a hackme. Looking forward to playing around with it.

[don]

And with that...

Hack.Me Is Now LIVE!!

Thanks everyone. I had a blast.

Don