The annual London 2600 Christmas Party: is at the same venue as last year
When:
Saturday 14th December 7pm - late (pub shuts 3am)
Where:
London Stone pub, 109 Cannon Street
London
EC4N 5AD
just opposite Cannon Street station
http://www.eerie-pubs.co.uk/london-stone/Find-Us
N.B. Here are the answers to the Christmas Quiz
The traditional London 2600 Xmas Party will be on Friday 2nd December 2011.
Time from about 7pm onwards
Location: the upstairs room of the Nell of Old Drury pub.
For more details, suggestions, offers of help, offers of sponsorship etc:
Subscribe to the London 2600 email discussion list or email this blog via meetings@london2600.org.uk
Bob, who administers the London 2600 mailing list reports on our Christmas Party:
By popular demand, the London 2600 Christmas Party will be on Friday 18th November 2009 from about 7pm. at the usual pub the Nell of Old Drury near Covent Garden.
Subscribe to the London 2600 email discussion list or email this blog via meetings@london2600.org.uk (obviously taking the appropriate communications data and other anonymity precautions if necessary), for the latest details.
Our friends in Birmingham, Brum2600.net seem to be organising another of their popular one day conventions on Saturday 5th December 2009.
BRUMCON 9
Stroke Of Darkness
5th December 2009
Menzies Strathallan Hotel
225 Hagley Road, Edgbaston
Birmingham. B16 9RY
Google Street View Map of the Strathallan Hotel location
Call For Speakers
If you're interested in speaking at BrumCon 9 then please contact us at brumcon9@brum2600.net with details of your proposed talk. The length of the talk will depend on the number of speakers, but generally should be between 30-60 minutes. If you feel that you need more than an hour, talk to us and we'll arrange something for you :)
Topics of particular interest:
Hacking/Security related talks
Phreaking/Telephony related talks
Wireless (Bluetooth, GSM, 802.n, Radio, Satellite) communications
Social engineering / experimentation
Cool stuffEntry from 11am Talks Start 12 noon.
About Brumcon
BrumCon is a regular event organised by Brum2600 regulars, featuring a wide variety of talks, discussion, demos and most importantly, alcohol. Incorrectly but neatly dubbed a 'blackhat thinktank' by NTK, The Register - 'We have your water supply, and printers', BBC Midlands Today - 'Spooky', By you lot as the UK's biggest underground Hacker con, By hotel staff as 'scary' but nice people and I'm scared I'd get my ass so electronically kicked.
We welcome all kinds of phreaks, geeks and other technologically interested people from all sides of the fence (as long as hats, badges and warrants are left at the door).
The entrance fee this year is 8 UK Pounds per delegate. Corporate packs are available that includes entrance, T-shirt and receipt contact us at brumcon9@brum2600.net to book.
Travel :-
Bus instructions
Go to the row of bus stops outside of Snow Hill Station. The stops are all well labeled.The buses available to the hotel are the 9,99,138,139 running about every 3 mins. Ticket cost will be about £1.70. A taxi should cost about £6.50.
The journey will take about 5-10 mins depending on traffic, the hotel is on the right hand side and has a distinctive look.
For those driving there is a car park on site.
The hotel is not far from Snowhill or New Street Station.Road
From A38 follow signs for the International Convention Centre (ICC), Broad Street. On Broad Street continue towards Five Ways Island. Take the underpass which leads onto Hagley Road. Menzies Strathallan Hotel is situated 1 mile on the right. There are 200 car parking spaces available.Rail
Birmingham New Street Railway Station is 2.5 miles from Menzies Strathallan Hotel. Taxis are available at the station.Air
Birmingham International Airport is 12 miles from the hotel.
See the Brumcon 9 web page for more details
You should book a place to stay asap.
See the London 2600 email discussion list or email this blog via meetings@london2600.org.uk (obviously taking the appropriate communications data and other anonymity precautions if necessary), for the latest details.
The annual Infosec Europe IT security exhibition and conference, every one of which which has been attended by London 2600 people over the years, is on again , this time at Earls Court rather than Olympia.
Earls Court Exhibition Centre
Warwick Road
London
SW5 9TA
United Kingdom
Tuesday 28th April: 9.30 - 17:30
Wednesday 29th April: 9.30 - 17:30
Thursday 30th April: 9.30 - 16.00
The opening Keynote Address on Tuesday morning is due to be by, wait for it, one of the architects of the UK police / database / surveillance state, the Rt. Hon. David Blunkett MP (twice disgraced as a Cabinet Minister) , who was temporarily on the payroll of Canadian encryption firm Entrust, and whose undeclared investments in a DNA fingerprinting laboratory led to one of his resignations from the Cabinet.
The Hackers Panel, is, as usual, on Thursday afternoon
As usual , there will probably be more freebie swag (but not necessarily more scantily clad booth bunnies) at the neighbouring Service Desk & IT Support Show 2009, (only Tuesday: 9.30-17.00 and Wednesday: 9.30-17.00) which you should also probably be able to visit.
Just before the next London 2600 meeting, there will be a demonstration in support of Gary McKinnon, a London based former hacker, who is facing extradition to the USA , rather than trial in the UK, for allegedly hacking into 97 US Military and NASA computer systems back in 2001 / 2002.
Gary has recently been diagnosed with Aspergers syndrome, and legal fight against extradition to the USA has gone through the whole UK legal system to the House of Lords and to the European Court of Human Rights.
He has not been charged with, let alone convicted, of any crime in the UK. Under the unfair Extradition Act 2003, no actual prima facie evidence which could have been challenged by his legal team, has been heard by any British court, during these lengthy extradition proceedings.
The demonstration is scheduled from 5pm to 7pm, on Friday 5th December in Grosvenor Square, London (nearest Tube Bond Street)
See the FreeGary.org.uk website for more details
The Last HOPE - July 18th - 20th, Hotel Pennsylvania, New York
This event, like NotCon2004 etc. will be full of people and projects close to London 2600 interests.
Open Tech 2008 sponsored by BT OsmosoftSaturday July 5th - ULU, Malet Street, London, WC1E 7HY
http://www.ukuug.org/events/opentech2008/Open Tech 2008, from UKUUG and friends, is an informal
one-day conference about technology, society and low-
carbon living, featuring Open Source ways of working and
technologies that anyone can have a go at.You can pre-register your ticket now at
www.ukuug.org/events/opentech2008/registration
to allow you to jump the queue and pay your fiver on the door.
The last two times we did this, we sold out in advance, so you
are strongly advised to pre-register.With 3 concurrent sessions, The line-up features:
* Open Rights Group - 2 years, 344 days on
* mySociety - WhatDoTheyKnow.com launch, and other goodies
* Overthrowing Government on a Budget, Keeping Track of
the CIA's Rendition Flights, Tracking Arms Dealers
with Python and Bits of String
* Ben Laurie and friends on network security
* Danny O'Brien's Living on the Edge
* AMEE, and Open Source Solar Heating
* Saving money and reducing carbon through Green IT
* Getting people involved with online mediaTotaling 60 talks across 3 sessions covering 9 hours, there's
plenty in the programme for everyone including Rembrandt, Pr0n and
Robot Monkeys, and all that's just in one session!The full schedule is at
www.ukuug.org/events/opentech2008/schedule
* Further information *Sign up for your tickets online, and tick the box to hear from us, or
just send an email to join
opentech-info-subscribe@lists.ukuug.org(your address will only be used to contact you about OpenTech and
will not be passed onto third parties).- or you can email opentech@ukuug.org if you've any other questions.
One of the events of interest will be a PGP Keysigning party @ 7.30pm, organised by the Open Rights Group - see Keysigning party at OpenTech 2008
The Wireless 08 trade show is on this Wednesday 21st May and Thursday 22nd May at the Olympia 2 exhibition centre.
See if you can social engineer yourself a 3G femtocell
The is it on / is it off / why didn't you send us an email ? BrumCon, organised by our friends at Birmingham 2600 seems to be happening this coming Saturday 3rd May 2008:
Hopefully there will be no last minute cancellation this time.
Menzies Strathallan 225 Hagley Road, Edgbaston Birmingham. B16 9RYDoors open 11am Talks from 12pm
FoxWhisper - The age old question ?
The psychology and mentality behind hacking. And possibly the first real answer to "What is hacking". This is not for the faint hearted! Ensure to come with a pen, notepad, and a VERY open mind :) [Last time I spoke to Fox he was on the phone to nasa... something to do with a namesever I think.. Re-LoaD]1stvamp - CAN HAS LOGIN?
Insecurities in Web Authentication, Authorisation and OpenID* Basics of HTTP Auth, Digest, Forms and SSL use
* Common mistakes and exploits - SQL injection, using exposed secrets, forgotten password scripts, blacklist ACLs, giving Ajax/client mechanisms too much control over the login process, hijacking and harvesting sessions
* Access Control - fine grains and high yields
* Encryption - not enough if the app logic is weak, protect whats important and don't reinvent the wheel
* OpenID - what it solves, what t doesn't, misuse and exploits
* Extending OpenID - JavaScript/Ajax client with client-side hashing (requires extension to protocol)Les Hutchins - A live performance
Algorithmic music with SuperCollidermc.fly - Cryptspeed 'how fast is crypto'
Crypto is everywhere today - and crypto uses a lot of cpu time. Therefore we analyzed crypto on base of algorythm, key length, CPU type, 32/64 Bit, programming language and block modes.Just 'Richard' - X across the Net
LTSP and other thin client solutions use the separation of client and server on the X Window system to allow low powered clients to share more powerful server. This talk will cover the deployment of LTSP, the technology behind it and the security aspects of the systemjens mücke - Git 'manage your code distributed'
Git is a toolset to manage content like source code. It was developed from people like Linus Torvalds for projects like Linus kernel in a very short time.Open Mic - A panel with your speakers including 'ccc' discussion.
Hack the Flag - Some OS on Some Machine for you to totally 0wn...
Infosec Europe - London Olympia - Tuesday 22nd. - Thursday 24th. April 2008
24th Chaos Communication Congress
December 27th to 30th, 2007
bcc Berliner Congress Center, Berlin, Germany
The 24th Chaos Communication Congress (24C3) is the annual four-day conference organized by the Chaos Computer Club (CCC). It takes place at the bcc Berliner Congress Center in Berlin, Germany. The Congress offers lectures and workshops on a multitude of topics and attracts a diverse audience of thousands of hackers, scientists, artists, and utopians from all around the world. The 24C3s slogan is Volldampf voraus! - the German equivalent of "full steam ahead" - a particular request for talks and projects featuring forward looking hands-on topics.
PapaLazarus will be leading the London 2600 contingent of visitors to this annual event.
BBC Radio 4 Afternoon Play this Wednesday 12th December about Gary McKinnon's Extradition story so far. His legal team are still awaiting a date from the House of Lords for when they are likely to hear his case on a point of law (the clumsy attempt by the US prosecutors at illegal in the UK, plea bargaining coercion)
14:15: Afternoon Play: The McKinnon ExtraditionJohn Fletcher's play tells the true story of Gary McKinnon, a British citizen who is fighting extradition to the US on suspicion of hacking into government computers.
Directed by Pete Atkin.
You should be able to listen to the play online (Real Media) after the broadcast, for a week or so.:
6th October 2007
Thistle Birmingham Edgbaston
225 Hagley Road, Edgbaston
Birmingham. B16 9RY
£5 - entry from 11am, talks start at 12 noon.
Call For SpeakersIf you're interested in speaking at BrumCon 07 then please contact us at brumcon7@brum2600.net with details of your proposed talk. The length of the talk will depend on the number of speakers, but generally should be between 30-60 minutes. If you feel that you need more than an hour, talk to us and we'll arrange something for you :)
Topics of particular interest:
Hacking/Security related talks
Phreaking/Telephony related talks
Wireless (Bluetooth, GSM, 802.11, Radio, Satellite) communications
Cool stuffEntry from 11am Talks Start 12 noon.
BrumCon is a regular (was semi regular) event organised by Brum2600 regulars, featuring a wide variety of talks, discussion, demos and most importantly, alcohol. Incorrectly but neatly dubbed a 'blackhat thinktank' by NTK, The Register - 'We have your water supply, and printers', BBC Midlands Today - 'Spooky', By you lot as the UK's biggest underground Hacker con and by hotel staff as .scary but nice people..
We welcome all kinds of phreaks, geeks and other technologically interested people from all sides of the fence (as long as hats, badges and warrants are left at the door).
The entrance fee this year again yes again stays at 5 UK Pounds per delegate (we do it for the love). Corporate packs are available that includes entrance, T-shirt and receipt contact us at brumcon7@brum2600.net to book.
UPDATE: the event per se was canceled due to unavailability of speakers, but several London 2600 people went to Birmingham anyway, just for phun with the Brum2600 crrew.
William Gibson's writings, such as Neuromancer, Count Zero or Pattern Recognition have directly or indirectly influenced a lot of the "cyberspace" with which London 2600 people interact with every day.
To celebrate the publication of Spook Country, William will be in talking about his new novel, taking questions from the audience and signing copies of Spook Country. Chairperson tbc.
William Gibson is the revered pundit of post-industrialism and creator of cyberspace. It has been several years since Gibson has been to the UK, don't miss this chance to listen to this visionary author.
The event is TUESDAY 28 AUGUST, 7PM at the Congress Centre, 28 Great Russell Street, London WC1B 3LS
His new book SPOOK COUNTRY is released on 7th August.
Tickets £7, concessions £5
Bookings can be made by calling
0845 456 9876
Lines are open Mon - Fri, 9.30am to 6.00pm or visit
Blackwell, 100 Charing Cross Road, London WC2H 0JG
TUC conference centre location map
UPDATE:
There is also now a confirmed (free) book signing session the following day, Wednesday 29th August 2007 at:
Forbidden Planet Megastore 179 Shaftesbury Avenue, London,WC2H 8JR
Wednesday 29th August 2007, from 1pm to 2pm.
Forbidden Planet Megastore location map
Several London 2600 people went along to a similar event at the same Trades Union Congress conference centre on Thursday 24th April 2003, for William Gibson's previous book Pattern Recognition, at which the author was intrigued by the list of words in the back of the London 2600 t-shirt we gave him.
London Movie Comic & Media Expo
26th - 27th May 2007
Excel Exhibition Centre
Royal Victoria Dock
London,
E16 1XL
Map -near London City Airport.
More details at the BarCamp London 2 wiki.
When?Saturday 17th February (9am) - Sunday 18th February (5pm), 2007
Where?
BT, ST Pauls, London. (opposite ST Pauls Station)
What is BarCampLondon2? Think of it as a way to get the tech/geek community together in London. What will happen during the event? Only one thing is certain: It's up to you to decide. The most important thing you should take away from the event? Relationships with other geeks!
[...]
What to bring
* Laptop
* All the chargers/cables you'll need (apart from network cable... its all wifi)
* Sleeping materials - sleeping bag? pillow? toiletries?
* An idea for a session/presentation
* Cards / games etc for evening
* ...?Facilities available
* No real shower, sorry
* Washroom facilities?
* Places to sleep?
* Anything?Presentations and Sessions
Connectivity during the event
BT are proud to announce they will be giving away free BT Openzone accounts to every person during the course of BarCampLondon2.
Even if you cannot get one of the tickets, it may well be worth going along to see the phun and to practice your social engineering skill within the British Telecom Corporate HQ.
The next official London 2600 meeting will be on Friday 5th January 2007
Initially from 6.30 to 7.30pm, by the escalators, basement of the Trocadero shopping centre, Piccadilly, London, UK., then on elsewhere...
"As usual, 23C3 will take place at Berliner Congress Center in the time from December 27th to December 30th 2006. Expect most organizational issues to be handled similar to last year except for those areas that sucked :)"
See the 23C3 conference wiki for more details.
If you have taken the usual security and privacy precautions e.g. private browsing mode, strict cookie and history deletion policies etc. in your web browser, you may feel that you can trust Google Calendar to remind you about the next London 2600 meeting, and other events of interest.
"HVR is an online radio show set up as an vocal forum for all the UK hackers and phreaks to come together, work together and a place to share information."
(The) Hacker(s) Voice people have expanded into producing a (.pdf) and printed Magazine, called The Hacker Voice Digest, and have plans for Video as well as their internet radio streams and podcasts etc.
Free Gary McKinnon, who lives in London, is accused of hacking in to over 90 US military computer systems, and is facing extradition to the USA under the controversial Extradition Act 2003, without any prima facie evidence or charges brought against him in a UK court. Try him here in the UK, under UK law.
UK Public CCTV Surveillance Regulation Campaign
NO2ID Campaign - cross party opposition to the NuLabour Compulsory Biometric ID Card and National Identity Register centralised database.
Anti-terrorism hotline 0800 789 321 free and confidential - use 999 or 112 to report immediate threats.
Parliament Protest blog - resistance to the Designated Area restricting peaceful demonstrations or lobbying in the vicinity of Parliament.
Data Retention is No Solution
Petition to the European Commission and European Parliament against their vague Data Retention plans.
Tor - the onion routing network - "Tor aims to defend against traffic analysis, a form of network surveillance that threatens personal anonymity and privacy, confidential business activities and relationships, and state security. Communications are bounced around a distributed network of servers called onion routers, protecting you from websites that build profiles of your interests, local eavesdroppers that read your data or learn what sites you visit, and even the onion routers themselves."
Amnesty International 's irrepressible.info campaign
BlogSafer - wiki with multilingual guides to anonymous blogging
NGO in a box - Security Edition privacy and security software tools
Wikileaks.org - the controversial "uncensorable, anonymous whistleblowing" website based currently in Sweden.
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