Earlier this month, we presented a paper on how geotagging can leave users vulnerable to what we termed "cybercasing":
Gerald Friedland, Robin Sommer
Cybercasing the Joint: On the Privacy Implications of Geo-Tagging
Proc. USENIX Workshop on Hot Topics in Security, 2010
This work was featured by the New York Times, ABC News, Toronto Star, and New Scientist.
A heads-up for folks interested in learning more about using Bro effectively: In addition to the Bro workshop next month, we will also be giving a one-day Bro tutorial at this year's ACSAC conference in Honolulu, Hawaii.
The registration for the next Bro Workshop is now open. See the previous blog posting for more information.
Update: See the workshop's web page for more information.
The Bro team and the Lawrence Berkeley National Lab are pleased to announce a further "Bro Workshop", a 2.5-day Bro training event that will take place in Berkeley, CA, on October 13-15, 2009.
The workshop is primarily targeted at site security personnel wishing to learn more about how Bro works, how to use its scripting language and how to generally customize the system based on a site's local policy.
Similar to previous workshops, the agenda will be an informal mix of tutorial-style presentations and hands-on lab sessions. No prior knowledge about using Bro is assumed though attendees should be familiar with Unix shell usage as well as with typical networking tools like tcpdump and Wireshark.
All participants are expected to bring a Unix-based (Linux, Mac OS X, FreeBSD) laptop with a working Bro configuration. We will provide sample trace files to work with.
This workshop will again be hosted by the Lawrence Berkeley National Lab, and it will be located at the Hotel Durant in Berkeley. We will soon provide a web site with more detailed registration and location information. To facilitate a productive lab environment, the number of attendees will be limited to 30 people. A registration fee of $125 will be charged.
Update: The workshop has a home page now.
Update: The workshop has filled up already but we have set up a waiting list in case space becomes available.
The Bro team and the Lawrence Berkeley National Lab are pleased to announce the "Bro Workshop 2009", a 2.5-day Bro training event that will take place in Berkeley, CA, on Feb 10-12 2009.
The workshop is primarily targeted at site security personnel wishing to learn more about how Bro works, how to use its scripting language and how to generally customize the system based on a site's local policy.
Similar to the 2007 workshop, the agenda will be an informal mix of tutorial-style presentations and hands-on lab sessions. No prior knowledge about using Bro is assumed though attendees should be familiar with Unix shell usage as well as with typical networking tools like tcpdump and Wireshark.
All participants are expected to bring a Unix-based (Linux, Mac OS X, FreeBSD) laptop with a working Bro configuration. We will provide sample trace files to work with.
The 2009 workshop will be hosted by the Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. The registration is now now open. We will soon provide a web site with more detailed location information. To facilitate a productive lab environment, the number of attendees will be limited to 30 people. A nominal registration fee of $50 will be charged.
We also expect to have time for 2-3 case-study presentations from people using Bro in their environments. If you have something interesting to talk about, please contact Robin via mail.
