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We had a good time last night at Foghorn’s.  Thanks to everyone that came out.  If you missed it, here’s a brief recap:

Introductions

Some of our friends from the 2600 club in Fort Smith drove up and talked about the upcoming Shell on the Border CTF on January 26-28.  If you’re interested in participating or joining a team, give us a shout and we’ll connect you with other folks starting a team.  People concerned about the price tag should still reach out, as there may be options for students or other individuals intimidated by the registration fee.

Survey

We introduced our first “RTFM” survey, asking the attendants what topics they would like to hear more about.   From our current list of topics, these were the 5 most popular:

burpsuite

honeypots

nmap

penetration testing

SDNS (Software Defined Networks)

If you are interested in presenting on these or any other security-related topics, please send an email to [email protected] or shoot us a DM on twitter @ArkansecNWA.

Headlines

We briefly discussed some of the major news items of the past month, such as:

MacOS Root vuln

Uber admits to paying off hackers

Satori botnet builds up steam

SWIFT sends out vague warning

Google sued over privacy violations (UK)

INSCOM data left on AWS machines

FAFSA criticized for risking student data

Supreme Court & 3rd party warrants

RTFM: Maltego

We took a look at Maltego and introdued the OSIN collection & intellgience analyst tool.  Our guest speaker was a threat intelligence professional who was interested in solving various puzzles using the free Community Edition included with Kali.  

Announcements

Hey folks -

It’s been a while since we updated the blog, but hopefully you’ve been following us on Facebook to see what we have going on.  If you’re looking for how to connect with hcakers & INFOSEC folks in Northwest Arkansas, we’d love to see you!  We’re currently working on a website overhaul, but until that happens, here’s where you can track us down online:

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Slack - If collaborative communities are your thing, then come join our slack channel and see what interesting projects folks are working on or what we’re trying to plan for our next events.  To get an invite to Slack, send a message with your email address to our facebook page and we’ll get one sent your way.

EventBrite - All of our events will be posted on EventBrite, including our Monthly Download.  Come hang out on the first Wednesday of the month for a recap of all the great and terrible security news updates from the past 30 days.

Facebook - For those of you in security that haven’t already sworn off of Facebook, we have a Page there to help promote events & engage folks online.

Twitter  - Follow our Twitter feed for information about local events, CTFs, and trending security topics.