July 21, 2010


      July 21st NEOISF Meeting Announcement

Our next meeting is this WEDNESDAY July 21, 2010. Pizza and networking start at 6:00 PM. Talks start at 6:30 PM. Location: Park Center Plaza #1, 6100 Oak Tree Blvd, off Rockside Road, Independence, Ohio. Click here for a Google Map! Open to everyone and free as always! Here are the list of talks and agenda items for this months meeting

Cradle to Grave Part 2 – FBI Special Agent Ryan MacFarlane
This is the continuation of last months talk in which Ryan will walk us through a forensic analysis and incident response of compromised systems using SIFT 2.0. Last month Dave Kennedy showed a demonstration of systems being exploited with Metasploit Express.

Overview of the REcon Security Conference – Tyler Hudak
Tyler gives a review of the REcon Security Conference that he recently attended. REcon is a conference focused on reverse engineering and is held in Montreal Canada.

Speaker Bios

FBI Special Agent Ryan MacFarlane, Cleveland Office, has spent the last six years investigating numerous criminal intrusions. With over 8 years of Internet security experience, previous work experience includes positions at IBM, i2 Technologies, Georgia Tech, and as a co-founder of an Internet security start-up in 2004.

Tyler Hudak is an Incident Handler for General Electric, specializing in malware analysis and reverse engineering. Prior to joining GE, Tyler worked for a number of corporations performing intrusion detection, incident response, forensics and, of course, malware analysis. He has presented at a number of local and national conferences, is on the board of the Northeast Ohio Information Security Forum and maintains a blog at http://secshoggoth.blogspot.com.



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March 14, 2010


      March 2010 Meeting Announcement

Our next meeting is WEDNESDAY March 17, 2010.  Pizza and networking start at 6:00 PM.  Talks start at 6:30 PM.  Location: Park Center Plaza #1, 6100 Oak Tree Blvd, off Rockside Road, Independence, Ohio.  Click here for a Google Map! Open to everyone and free as always!  Here are the list of talks and agenda items for this months meeting:

Attacking WPA-Enterprise Wireless Networks, Matt Neely
This presentation covers different attacks that can be leveraged against wireless networks using Enterprise (802.1x) authentication. Attendees will learn about and see demonstrations of these attacks, many of which can be used to reveal the credentials used to join the wireless network. The presentation concludes with recommendations on how to defend against these attacks.

Matt Neely (CISSP, CTGA, GCIH and GCWN) is the Profiling Team Manager at SecureState, a Cleveland Ohio based security consulting company. At SecureState, Matt and his team perform traditional penetration tests, physical penetration tests, web application security reviews and wireless security assessments. His research interests include the convergence of physical and logical security, cryptography and all things wireless. Matt is also a host on the Security Justice podcast.

Analysis of the Energizer Charger Malware, Tyler Hudak

Energizer and the US-CERT recently released an advisory that the software for the Energizer USB battery charger contained a backdoor.  Tyler will perform a technical analysis of the backdoor and discuss why this malware is more than just an accidental infection of software.

Come early, at 6:00 PM, for pizza, pop, water and social networking with your peers.  We hope to see you there



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