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I have promised I would have something written about my Hack In the Box 2012 Amsterdam  conference experience. First thing, it was one of the best security conference I have ever been. Big props to Dhillon ( @l33tdawg ) and the HITB crew for organising such event. I have been organising conferences in the past ( OWASP NZ Day 2009 and 2010 ) and I know something about what happens in the background. The conference venue was awesome, a pimping five stars hotel ;-) and again need to thank the crew for the wise choice. Bad thing is that I checked out with my wallet "lighter" than usual, after having dinners at the Japanese restaurants and trying all the amenities of the fitness center. My talk ( pdf || slideshare ) was on the first day along with two other media interviews with Mirko Zorz ( @helpnetsecurity ) of Help Net Security and Edward Kovacs ( @EduardKovacs ) of Softpedia. Both interviews went pretty well and they will be published soon. Unfortunately, I wasn&#

In about six weeks time, I will be in .eu presenting at Hack In The Box Amsterdam 2012 . I am very excited about it as that will be my first HITB conference. Also, the speakers line-up and conference agenda are impressive. This time, I will be presenting with Scott Bell, my colleague at Security-Assessment.com . The presentation will cover the results of our research which focuses on browser bug hunting. Certainly, there is no fun without dropping some 0days... so expect to see some cool bugs if you are attending our talk. If not, you will be able to grab demos, videos and slides following the conference. Here is the talk abstract: Window Shopping: Browser Bug Hunting in 2012 Web browsers have become part of everyday life, and are relied upon by millions of internet citizens each day. The feature rich online world has turned the once simple web browser into a highly complex (and very often insecure) desktop application. As browser vendors have extended functionality and supp