Thursday, March 9th – 6:12pm @ Virtual

Written by  on March 8, 2023

Hello Hackers!

This month, we will be joined by Chris Weiland who will share how to use Matrix to consolidate the 1,337 chat apps we all use daily:

All your messages in one place: setting up a matrix server to bridge whatsapp, signal, telegram, discord, slack, and more

Chris Weiland is a freelance nerd. He wears his tinfoil hat with pride, and does not like sharing personal information about himself.

As usual these days of Covid, we will be meeting online at https://cafe.cyberia.club/dc612.

Talk starts at 6:12 PM U.S. Central, but feel free to hop in early and chat.

— TactiFail

Thursday, February 9th – 6:12pm @ Virtual

Written by  on February 7, 2023

Hello Hackers!

This month, we will be joined by Brian Halbach who will present some tried and true, old but gold pentesting techniques:

Zero-day exploits, ground breaking research, new tool releases, all of these things will be ignored in this talk. Instead, this talk will focus on pentesting techniques that are not ground breaking, but are still valuable to be aware of.

Brian Halbach is a Senior Security Consultant at InGuardians. He was Time Magazine Person of the year in 2006. He gets nervous when people ask him his favorite food or movie and firmly believes that that the tuba is a better instrument than the sousaphone.

As usual these days of Covid, we will be meeting online at https://cafe.cyberia.club/dc612.

Talk starts at 6:12 PM U.S. Central, but feel free to hop in early and chat.

— TactiFail

Thursday, January 12th – 6:12pm @ Virtual

Written by  on January 5, 2023

Hello Hackers, and Happy New Year!

This month, we will be joined by @NoUselessTech who will share his experience with hacking on Electron apps:

A quick dive into the data structures within an electron app, and how to read those pesky binary ldb files. We will focus on reversing the Microsoft Teams app using techniques that should apply universally to different Electron based applications.

Connor Peoples is a security researcher at Vectra AI. Working in multiple fields and industries, he accumulated deep experience in critical areas related to security and business interactions. Leveraging these experiences, he successfully designed, developed, and launched the Vectra Protect platform to assist organizations in hardening their M365 environment.

As usual these days of Covid, we will be meeting online at https://cafe.cyberia.club/dc612.

Talk starts at 6:12 PM U.S. Central, but feel free to hop in early and chat.

— TactiFail

Thursday, December 8th – 6:12pm @ Virtual

Written by  on December 5, 2022

Hello Hackers!

Todd Gardner is a software entrepreneur and developer who has built multiple profitable products. He pushes for simple tools, maintainable software, and balancing complexity with risk. He is the cofounder of TrackJS and Request Metrics, where he helps thousands of developers build faster and more reliable websites. He also produces the PubConf software comedy show.

What will he be sharing with us this month? Well, since you asked:

How much JavaScript is on your website? Do you know what it does? No really, have you looked at the code and seen what it does? Probably not.

JavaScript controls the client side environment, and we can use it to compromise users, consume resources, and steal data. Yet many websites continue to add scripts without review, audit, or thought.

Let’s explore what JavaScript can do to a browser, the vectors that JavaScript can get added to websites, and how we can defend against JavaScript attacks.

As usual these days of Covid, we will be meeting online at https://cafe.cyberia.club/dc612.

Talk starts at 6:12 PM U.S. Central, but feel free to hop in early and chat.

— TactiFail

Thursday, November 10th – 6:12pm @ Virtual

Written by  on November 8, 2022

Hello Hackers!

This month, get ready for WAR!

War-driving, that is.

The talk by @lozaning is titled “The International Wigle Space Balloon: adventures in medium altitude lighter-than-air war-driving” – so hold on tight as we take flight and capture some waves!

As usual these days of Covid, we will be meeting online at https://cafe.cyberia.club/dc612.

Talk starts at 6:12 PM U.S. Central, but feel free to hop in early and chat.

— TactiFail