[TriLUG] CarolinaCon - March 19-21 <- this weekend!

[Alan Porter]

InfoSec professionals, h4x0rs, script kidz, posers, and government spies:

"CarolinaCon" is back yet again! Yes, for about the price of your average
movie admission with popcorn and a drink, YOU are invited to join us for
yet another intimate and informative weekend of technology education.


What is this "CarolinaCon"?

CarolinaCon is an annual Technology Conference whose mission/purpose is to:
- Enhance local and global awareness of current technology issues and
developments,
- Provide affordable technology education sessions to the unwashed masses,
- Deliver varied/informative/interesting presentations on a wide variety
of InfoSec/hacking/technology/science topics, and
- Mix in enough entertainment and side contests/challenges to make for a
truly fun event


When/Where is CarolinaCon?

This year's event will be held on the weekend of March 19th-21st, 2010.
The event will occur at at the Holiday Inn on Glenwood Avenue in
Raleigh, North Carolina. Raleigh is about 30 minutes from Durham, Chapel
Hill, and Research Triangle Park.


Who develops/delivers CarolinaCon?

CarolinaCon is proudly brought to you by "The CarolinaCon Group". The
CarolinaCon Group is a non-profit organization registered in the state of
NC, dedicated to educating the local and global communities about
technology, information/network/computer security, and information rights.
The CarolinaCon Group is also closely associated with various "2600"
chapters across NC, SC, TN, VA, LA, DC, and NY. Many of the volunteers
who help develop and deliver CarolinaCon come from those chapters.


What events will be at CarolinaCon?

CarolinaCon is mainly about the talks/presentations/demos. Alongside of
those we'll surely have several other technology-related
contests/challenges, as we've had in past years.


Who will be presenting which topics this year?

    We Don't Need No Stinking Badges
    - Shawn Merdinger

    Locks: Past, Picking, and Future
    - squ33k

    Cybercrime and the Law Enforcement Response
    - Thomas Holt, Professor Farnsworth

    You Spent All That Money and You Still Got Owned
    - Joe McCray

    Something Smells Phishy: The Evolution of Social Engineering
    - Chris Silvers and Dawn Perry

    It's Not A Vulnerability, It's A Feature
    - Deral Heiland

    The Search for the Ultimate Handcuff Key
    - TOOOL

    The Art of Software Destruction
    - Joshua Morin and Terron Williams

    How the Droid Was Rooted
    - Michael Goffin

    Smart People, Stupid Emails
    - Margaret McDonald

    Mitigating Attacks with Existing Network Infrastructure
    - Omar Santos

    OMG, The World Has Come To An End!!!
    - FeloniousFish

    Physical Manifestation of Software: Microcontrollers 101
    - Nick Fury

    Protecting Systems through Log Management and System Integrity
    - David Burt

    Why Linux is Bad for Business
    - wxs

    Hacking with the iPhone
    - snide

    Metasploit
    - Ryan Linn

For a schedule of all talks and their times check out
http://www.CarolinaCon.org