BSM Jan 2022 - Virtual Only

Thanks to this month's sponsor: Synopsys

Meet us at Gather Town! Don a virtual avatar and listen to talks as if at a live conference and network with fellow people in separate one to one talks that you can walk in and walk out as you would do in the real world!

• Please take a moment to familiarize yourselves with our Code of Conduct and Vendor/Recruiter policies at https://www.meetup.com/The-Boston-Security-Meetup/about/

How to use Gather Town

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2. If you have a question for the speaker please mention in the chat so that the organizer can spotlight and give you the mic
3. Talks will be held in the Keynote room, please move to lounge or other rooms to speak to others individually when talks are in session.
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   https://support.gather.town/help/movement-and-basics

As always we would like a diverse set of speakers presenting at our meetup. If you have a talk that you would like to present please submit it at https://forms.gle/eqFV9RQz5uefnmqY6

This months talk(s):

Talk 1 - 7:00 PM

Title: Identifying potential rogue employees by Nikki Evans

Security threats come from many sources, are you looking at potential threats inside your organization? In this talk we discuss some of the patterns of behavior and environmental conditions you should be aware of in identifying and heading off potential rogue employees that can cause significant harm to an organization.

Speaker Bio: Nikki Evans is a speaker, coach/consultant on a mission to make work places ... work better.

Talk 2 - 7:45 PM

Talk Title: Apple AirTag Bug Enables ‘Good Samaritan’ Attack by Bobby Rauch

Abstract: In September, Cybersecurity journalist Brian Krebs published a story about a vulnerability Bobby discovered, entitled "Apple AirTag Bug Enables ‘Good Samaritan’ Attack" (https://krebsonsecurity.com/2021/09/apple-airtag-bug-enables-good-samaritan-attack/). Bobby will be presenting a technical walkthrough of the vulnerability, and the tools and techniques used to discover it.

Speaker Bio: Bobby Rauch is a Senior Cybersecurity Consultant and Penetration Tester with Brookline based K Logix Security.

Agenda is as follows:
6 30 PM - Meetup is open for guests to join (Gather)
6 45 PM - Announcements
7:00 PM - Talk 1 - Identifying potential rogue employees by Nikki Evans
7:30 PM - Break and general chatter
7:45 PM - Talk 2 - Apple AirTag Bug Enables ‘Good Samaritan’ Attack by Bobby Rauch
8:15 PM - Break and general chatter
8:30 PM - Meetup ends