Zigbee Security - Jordan White Hat Cal Poly 2023-04-05 | This week's general meeting talk is on Zigbee security with Jordan! Zigbee is a communication protocol that is often used in Internet-of-Things devices that can be commonly found in your everyday households, including wireless light switches, voice assistants, thermostats, and smart locks. If you're interested in the security aspect of these seemingly simple electronics, stop by to learn more!
Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) Security - Tian White Hat Cal Poly 2023-03-25 | This week's meeting will be a talk from Tian, who will be discussing border gateway protocol (BGP) security. BGP is relevant to networks talking with one another and a part of how the Internet works in general, so make sure to stop by if you are interested in learning more!
NSF Research Experience for Undergrads - Steven White Hat Cal Poly 2023-03-25 | This week's meeting will be a talk from Steven, who will be sharing his experiences from doing an NSF Research Experience for Undergrads (REU) this past summer, insights on why you should look into applying (especially if you are interested in research/graduate school), and some tips for applying. If you are still looking for some opportunity to work within CS this summer, even if you aren't sure yet if you want to go to grad school or pursue a research position, stop by and find out more!
NIST Incident Response Framework - Lisa White Hat Cal Poly 2022-09-20 | This week, Lisa will be giving a talk delving into the area of incident response work, including what it is, frameworks for this process, and how it plays out when responding to a real incident. This talk aims to give a closer look into this area of cybersecurity as well as inform people about incident response as a possible job route in security.
Denuvo Anti Tamper - Vincent White Hat Cal Poly 2022-09-20 | Join us this week for Vincent’s talk on Denuvo Anti-Tamper! He’ll go over DRMs in general and some speculation on how Denuvo prevents games from being cracked as well as all the controversies. He’ll review its effectiveness at stopping game crackers, the factors that affect how fast a game will be cracked, as well as alternatives to Denuvo.
Adversarial Thinking - Steven White Hat Cal Poly 2022-09-20 | This week, Steven will be giving a talk on adversarial thinking, including discussions on its importance within a cybersecurity career and in general, its ambiguous nature, and what can possibly be done to better understand and develop this mentality.
Steven on Basic Essentials for Security Careers White Hat Cal Poly 2021-11-08 | This week Steven will be going over some of the basics when it comes to starting off with finding a career in cybersecurity or for general software development. He'll be going over popular security standards, different areas of security you can go into, recruitment season, and additional resources for finding a security internship.
Spooky Botnets - Steven Fosmark White Hat Cal Poly 2021-02-23 | Join us for a special, spooky talk this week with Steven. Steven discusses what botnets are, their rise in prevalence, and how to protect your devices.
Intro to Privacy - Veronica Pollock White Hat Cal Poly 2021-02-17 | This week, Veronica presented on an introduction to privacy, touching on privacy techniques including k-anonymity and web tracking. She also included some tips for privacy on an individual level.
Unlimited Security Mode - Kedwin Chen White Hat Cal Poly 2021-02-17 | What do you need to consider when enabling ultimate security mode in your life? Kedwin has the answer to that.
Intro to SSH - Stephen Parkinson White Hat Cal Poly 2021-02-13 | This week, White Hat President Stephen talked about SSH (Secure Shell). Stephen discussed the history of SSH as well as how to use and configure it. This talk also featured an interactive tutorial where the audience can follow along to set up and configure an SSH key and config file for the UNIX servers.
Home Security - Tony Bone White Hat Cal Poly 2021-02-12 | This week, Tony spoke about different home security systems integrated into smart homes, along with many of their underlying circuits.
DNS and DNS Security - Jon Prentice White Hat Cal Poly 2021-02-11 | Ever wanted to know what DNS is or any security concerns with DNS? In this talk, Jon Prentice teaches you everything you need to know about how DNS works, as well as some tips and tricks for additional security and privacy.
Lightning Talks - Fall 2020 White Hat Cal Poly 2021-02-10 | Join us for the first meeting of the year! Lightning talks featured:1. Veronica Pollock on Intro to the Diffie-Hellman Key Exchange2. Kedwin Chen on Intro to Unix/Linux3. Jon Prentice on Intro to Networks4. Stephen Parkinson on Welcome to White Hat
machswap - Stephen Parkinson White Hat Cal Poly 2020-02-13 | Ever wondered what’s at the root of a jailbreak? Join us for Stephen’s talk about machswap, a vulnerability in iOS that allowed developers to gain kernel access and create the iOS 12 jailbreak.
Airplane Security - Jennifer Maunder White Hat Cal Poly 2020-02-13 | Ever wondered how air travel could be affected by security vulnerabilities? Learn how computer security is a force in airplanes today, from GPS jamming to hacking in-flight entertainment systems.
AES Power Analysis - Thomas Garcia White Hat Cal Poly 2020-02-13 | Thomas presents his talk on AES Power Analysis. Learn about how a secure algorithm like AES can still be broken using physical means.
Information Hiding - Tony Bone White Hat Cal Poly 2020-02-13 | This week, Tony will be giving a talk on Information Hiding. Join us for a deep dive into its origins and how it is done!
Social Engineering - Donald Sanchez White Hat Cal Poly 2019-09-28 | Moving away from the technological side of security, this week's talk covers social engineering! By manipulating people rather than computers, criminals can use techniques like phishing to attack systems in different ways.
Certificates - Kent Kawahara White Hat Cal Poly 2019-06-08 | Certificates are essential for transferring information securely over the internet, from credit card transactions to private messaging. Verifying that whoever is receiving your data is who they say they are is paramount to security, so join us for our talk on certificates!
Intro to Hardware - Thomas Garcia White Hat Cal Poly 2019-02-28 | Thomas gives an Introduction to Hardware! Learn about things like side channels, fault injection, and much more. Generally, when people think of cybersecurity, they don't consider the hardware aspect of it. This is a unique opportunity to learn about a side of security that you might not have thought of before.
Network Security - Kylan Stewart White Hat Cal Poly 2019-01-09 | Preventing unauthorized access to any network is critical. If a malicious user were to gain access to a corporation's network, they could steal information like credit card numbers, social security numbers, and so much more. Join us as Kylan discusses different aspects of network security!
Dirty COW and Foreshadow - Nicole Anderson-Au and Kylan Stewart White Hat Cal Poly 2019-01-09 | What's better than a Pumpkin Spice Latte on a breezy fall day? Some sick vulns, that's what! Join us for our doubleheader talk as Nicole and Kylan discuss the Dirty COW and Foreshadow vulnerabilities. Dirty COW has existed since 2007 but was just fixed in 2016 and Foreshadow was discovered earlier this year, so both are very topical issues.
Intro to Cryptography - Nicole Anderson-Au White Hat Cal Poly 2019-01-09 | Cryptography is one of the most important tools for building a secure system, and it has a wide variety of uses in security. However, if used incorrectly, the results can be disastrous. White Hat Vice President, Nicole, gives an introduction to this extremely important and fascinating subject.
Video Game Security - Austin Shin White Hat Cal Poly 2018-12-05 | What goes into catching hackers in video games? Austin discusses various forms of anticheat and anticracking software, as well as the privacy implications of such programs. Learn about how companies are hurt by pirates and cheaters, and the measures developers have taken to protect their intellectual property.
Intro to OS - Nick Gonella White Hat Cal Poly 2018-11-08 | At the core of everything you do on your computer is the operating system: the command center that keeps every program in its place. With the OS having such a monumental job, security should be a critical part of its development. Join alumni officer Nick Gonella in learning just how this insane piece of software works (or more often, how it fails to work).
Virtual Machines - Jon Prentice White Hat Cal Poly 2018-10-24 | Jon discusses virtual machines. Virtual machines have many benefits from a security and privacy standpoint, as they are isolated from their host system, are easy to backup/restore, and do not allow fingerprinting of the host OS.
Intro to Privacy - Sarah Samora White Hat Cal Poly 2018-10-24 | Sarah discusses our relationship with data and the incentives that companies have to use it.
Lightning Talks - White Hat White Hat Cal Poly 2018-10-06 | Ethan Goldfarb - History of Computer SecurityJustin Engwall - Weaponizing CyberAustin Shin - Anti-Cheat SoftwareVeronica Pollock - Password SecurityKylan Stewart - What is White Hat?
Ethernet - Nate Graff White Hat Cal Poly 2018-08-13 | Nate discusses Ethernet works, from copper wires to sending frames. Learn how we actually shove gigabits through unshielded cables reliably enough to watch cat videos!
TOR - Marina Moore White Hat Cal Poly 2018-07-25 | Marina discusses the onion router. Learn about TOR, how it works, and how to use it!
Hashes and the Crypto Sponge - Kylan Stewart White Hat Cal Poly 2018-05-02 | Kylan discusses the wonderful world of sponge functions! These are really fascinating and are something we may see more discussion about in upcoming cryptography.
GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) - Marina Moore White Hat Cal Poly 2018-03-06 | Marina talks about the GDPR. She discusses the EU General Data Protection Regulation, which goes into effect later this year, as well as the implications it may have. This will be a great talk about privacy, which is a very important part of all our lives on the internet.
Cryptocurrencies (Trust, Verification, and Privacy) - Max Zinkus White Hat Cal Poly 2018-02-18 | Max Zinkus, White Hat President, talks about Cryptocurrencies! He discusses Trust, Verification, and Privacy--how we establish trust on the internet with and without prior knowledge. Additionally, he covers proof of knowledge systems critical to blockchains, and other cryptographic primitives which can be used to achieve privacy and trust over the internet.
Real Time Operating Systems (RTOS) - Nate Graff White Hat Cal Poly 2018-02-08 | Nate's talk on Real Time Operating Systems! He discusses what a real time operating system is, why we need them, and how we can use them to build responsive, resilient systems.
Kernel Security - Johnathan Nicholson White Hat Cal Poly 2018-02-03 | Johnathan Nicholson talks about kernel security. General kernel security as well as some basic information about modules, dirty COW, and access control.
Lightning Talks - White Hat White Hat Cal Poly 2018-01-30 | Max Zinkus - What is White HatNick Gonella - So You Want To Do SecurityMarina Moore - Definition of HackerNate Graff - Hardware SecurityKylan Stewart - LockpickingJasper Kahn - CTFs in a Flash
Ransomware - Abineet Singh White Hat Cal Poly 2018-01-29 | Abineet talks about Ransomware and some of the infamous attacks that occurred in 2017, including WannaCry. With an explosion in the popularity of crypto-currencies, these type of attacks will be much more prevalent, especially in emerging platforms of Autonomous Vehicles and IoT devices.
TLS - Nick Frost White Hat Cal Poly 2018-01-29 | Learn what TLS is, how it works, and how and why we use it.
Intro to UNIX - Marina Moore White Hat Cal Poly 2018-01-24 | Have you ever wondered what runs your computer? Do you want to know what this whole "ssh [username@]host" thing is all about? Well, this talk is for you! Learn about the cool OS - UNIX! White Hat Corporate Liaison presents about the history of UNIX, OSes, and some tools you should know!
Intro to Privacy - Kylan Stewart White Hat Cal Poly 2018-01-24 | Have you ever wondered if the data you post privately stays that way? Can companies sell your pictures or make them into their own ads? Maybe you intently read privacy policies instead of just clicking accept on the terms and conditions.White Hat Publicist Kylan Stewart presents about these topics and more in the realm of privacy.
Browser Exploitation - Max Zinkus White Hat Cal Poly 2018-01-24 | White Hat President, Max Zinkus explores how to use javascript to exploit target computers through browsers. Learn how browsers try to protect themselves and how those protections can be defeated.
Homomorphic Encryption Nick Gonella White Hat Cal Poly 2017-05-06 | White Hat Officer Nick Gonella's explores the strengths and limitations of applied homomorphic encryption, a topic in cryptography that is still largely theoretical. Nick shows how RSA works and uncovers a critical pitfall in RSA that homomorphic encryption aims to solve. Nick explains these models with respect to the Confidentiality-Integrity-Availability (CIA) Triad.
Hardware Authentication Tokens Nate Graff White Hat Cal Poly 2017-05-05 | White Hat Officer Nate Graff presents the authentication standards surrounding the hardware chips that we use in our daily routines: credit cards, sim cards, Apple Pay, etc.
Fuzzing Max Zinkus White Hat Cal Poly 2017-05-04 | What is fuzzing? How do the genetic algorithms work? White Hat Officer Max Zinkus dives into these two pressing topics. Demos are included!
SQL Injection Amy Tsai White Hat Cal Poly 2017-03-07 | White Hat Officer Amy Tsai is talking about SQL injection attacks! Watch this video to learn several techniques to defend against users, whether you're using SQL or another database system. Try it out with these sites on our lab wifi (not campus wifi)!Resources: crackme.cenzic.com (PHP app)hackthissite.orgtestasp.vulnweb.com (IIS, ASP.NET, Microsoft SQL Server); also Acunetixgoogle-gruyere.appspot.comGoogle Gruyere, a web-application meant to be attacked, hosted by Google.
Crypto Messaging Protocols Dylan Howell White Hat Cal Poly 2017-03-06 | How can a messaging app be engineered to protect privacy? Dylan Howell shows us how different messaging protocols handle privacy. Find out which app is best for your needs and how each compares.Signal for iOS: itunes.apple.com/us/app/signal-private-messenger/id874139669?mt=8Signal for Android: play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.thoughtcrime.securesms&hl=en
Peer-to-Peer Networks Nick Frost White Hat Cal Poly 2017-03-06 | Come learn why torrenting was invented, what communities are out there, and how these networks work. Is torrenting bad? White Hat Officer Nick Frost explains the practical benefits of torrenting and shows us industry uses of this peer to peer design. Nick also warns that torrent networks don't conform to the critical foundations of encryption.Beware: Torrenting is not allowed on the campus wifi.
Shahid Buttar Electronic Frontier Foundation White Hat Cal Poly 2017-02-26 | Shahid Buttar, the director of Grassroots Advocacy from the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), advocates for privacy. Get ready for a nerve-wracking political and cultural history of privacy and surveillance in the United States legal system. Links:eff.orgeff.org/about/staff/shahid-buttaren.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eisenhower's_farewell_addressen.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legacy_of_Ashes_(book)
