Defconph Beertalk II (Manila)
Ok. A quick review of what went down last night.
Got to the venue a bit late. When I got in the event had started and tikbalang was already presenting. There were a bunch of guys who came in the same time of me and we were all standing at the back. There were about ten of us who stood at the back until the presentation ended and we found available seats. Saw some slides about something about Amazon but between trying to find a good spot and the slightly poor audio I didn't understand what the presentation was about.
*Major Gripe; The venue was freaking HOT!*
It was so bad that I couldn't take it anymore and I decided to go outside while the Bullsh!t presentation was ongoing since I was not really that interested in his topic which was about a botnet. There were several of us outside and we just talked while occasionally peering in to look at the presentation.
The last speaker (thestare) did not start immediately after Bullsh!t's presentation and by the time his presentation started I've met some of my past acquaintances and we were shooting the breeze and smoking outside while he gave his presentation.
So I basically missed the first presentation. Wasn't really interested in the second one. And was standing outside during the third presentation. I'll just download the slides when they put it online.
Hackista. I came in wanting to join the game. Became bummed out because of the heat that I backed out. By the time the game started I became a bit excited and pulled out my laptop. Because of the heat inside the venue the group I was with had started hanging out inside the adjoining restaurant/bar. The game master had given an initial ip address but because of some network problems they decided to change it. Non-issue except that we were outside the venue and we're trying to attack the old ip add hehe. Somebody then told us the new target ip. But the network was having problems and I couldn't connect to the network. And also a major problem, for me anyways, with all the excitement I needed to smoke and unfortunately the restaurant we were in didn't allow smoking. So I had to either go outside or go inside the venue where smoking was allowed. Between this, and the network problems I just decided to shut down the laptop and not play anymore. Also, this was my first time to join a CTF and I was a bit bothered by all the people walking by, standing behind you and trying to look at what you're doing. Definitely not my usual environment. Maybe next ime I'll be able to adjust.
The CTF seemed to be the best part of the event. A foreigner won the game. I talked to him while he was trying to exploit the target. Another first for me, talking to a foreign hacker live :) Actually we seemed to be having the same ideas at the time about how to exploit the target. He had already gotten a shell by then but his connection has stopped responding. Anyway congratulations to him and his company. Oh, and the gamemaster was drunk hehe.
And that's it. Lots of beer available which was a very good thing. Met some new people, hanged out with some old ones.
*Edit* Edited out thestare being late because apparently he gave notice to the organizers that he had a prior engagement
Got to the venue a bit late. When I got in the event had started and tikbalang was already presenting. There were a bunch of guys who came in the same time of me and we were all standing at the back. There were about ten of us who stood at the back until the presentation ended and we found available seats. Saw some slides about something about Amazon but between trying to find a good spot and the slightly poor audio I didn't understand what the presentation was about.
*Major Gripe; The venue was freaking HOT!*
It was so bad that I couldn't take it anymore and I decided to go outside while the Bullsh!t presentation was ongoing since I was not really that interested in his topic which was about a botnet. There were several of us outside and we just talked while occasionally peering in to look at the presentation.
The last speaker (thestare) did not start immediately after Bullsh!t's presentation and by the time his presentation started I've met some of my past acquaintances and we were shooting the breeze and smoking outside while he gave his presentation.
So I basically missed the first presentation. Wasn't really interested in the second one. And was standing outside during the third presentation. I'll just download the slides when they put it online.
Hackista. I came in wanting to join the game. Became bummed out because of the heat that I backed out. By the time the game started I became a bit excited and pulled out my laptop. Because of the heat inside the venue the group I was with had started hanging out inside the adjoining restaurant/bar. The game master had given an initial ip address but because of some network problems they decided to change it. Non-issue except that we were outside the venue and we're trying to attack the old ip add hehe. Somebody then told us the new target ip. But the network was having problems and I couldn't connect to the network. And also a major problem, for me anyways, with all the excitement I needed to smoke and unfortunately the restaurant we were in didn't allow smoking. So I had to either go outside or go inside the venue where smoking was allowed. Between this, and the network problems I just decided to shut down the laptop and not play anymore. Also, this was my first time to join a CTF and I was a bit bothered by all the people walking by, standing behind you and trying to look at what you're doing. Definitely not my usual environment. Maybe next ime I'll be able to adjust.
The CTF seemed to be the best part of the event. A foreigner won the game. I talked to him while he was trying to exploit the target. Another first for me, talking to a foreign hacker live :) Actually we seemed to be having the same ideas at the time about how to exploit the target. He had already gotten a shell by then but his connection has stopped responding. Anyway congratulations to him and his company. Oh, and the gamemaster was drunk hehe.
And that's it. Lots of beer available which was a very good thing. Met some new people, hanged out with some old ones.
*Edit* Edited out thestare being late because apparently he gave notice to the organizers that he had a prior engagement
