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Official DefCon group for Rhode Island. This is a resurrection of the DC401 that previously existed, now with the blessing of its former organizer, Agent5. Local DefCon groups cover anything and everything about security. Making, breaking, updating, learning, discussing. One time we might do some soldering, another time we might build a password cracking rig, we might play with a device from the Internet of Things (ugh, that's as painful a term as "cyber" now), maybe do pentesting, pretty much anything that you want to talk about! And best of all, it's free for all!

Upcoming events (4)

Don't walk. Sprint! Make Product Security an Exercise in Agile

Do you find yourself having trouble producing results at your company while you build your program from scratch? How long does it take to roll out your new processes, tool, or initiative? When building out a product security program, we get excited about all the things related to our job. What sometimes happens is that we start many projects but have trouble pushing them to the finish line. Whether you're a seasoned engineer that has practiced Agile or you don't know the difference between a Scrum and a sprint, this talk will help you start thinking about your product security projects in small, deliverable increments to help you produce value for your stakeholders. No prior knowledge of Agile frameworks are required for this 100 level talk. Come with an open mind and leave with fresh ideas to help roll out your awesome tools and processes! Speaker Bio: Michael Rossoni has a passion for Product Security, which he does for a large healthcare company while carrying over a decade and a half of software engineering experience. He's an electronics hobbyist, hardware hacker, and certified application security professional (GWEB, CSSLP) who voids warranties and breaks things to figure out how to make them better. He's been in the software engineering business professionally in a variety of roles, including product security (secure SDLC, tooling, code reviews, etc.), network-enabled embedded systems development, QA, and full stack development for both on premise and SaaS based solutions. He also plays role of sysadmin when necessary. Event sponsored by Tech Collective.

Hacking WiFi!!

Tech Collective

Jesse Roberts from CompassIT Compliance will be back to talk about how to test WiFi connections for vulnerabilities. In this meeting we will be going over the aircrack-ng suite. During this tutorial we will cover: Wireless basics WiFi Monitor Mode WPA Handshake capture WPA handshake dictionary attacks Evil Twin We will also look at WiFi pineapple from Hak5 and take a visit to github to download and play with WiFiSuite written by NickSanotta. Please have a kali vm or laptop available. This event is sponsored by the Tech Collective.

Gone Phishin' with GoPhish

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Let's learn about phishing and how to create an effective phishing campaign using the open-source tool GoPhish. You can download the tool for free here: https://github.com/gophish/gophish This event is sponsored by the Tech Collective.

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We are bringing back DC401! I think we have a great hackerspace for us, just working out those details now. I am targeting January for a first meetup. But I'll get the space squared away and I'm asking that you come and present on something. Let's turn this into a mini-CFP. Post below what you can talk about. Let's say something that takes 15-20 mins for starters. Anything at all related to making, breaking, hacking, building, whatever. Whatcha got people?

Past events (17)

Anonymity: The Cost of Free

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