Things have been busy at Black Hat, and I would like to make some brief a=
nnouncements about our Call For Papers (CFP), Registration, RSS + Pod cas=
ts, and legal battles.
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BLACK HAT FEDERAL 2006 Trainings and Briefings
January 23rd to the 26th Sheraton Crystal City, Washington D.C.
- Call For Papers is now open.
- Registration for the Trainings and Briefings are open.
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BLACK HAT EUROPE 2006 Trainings and Briefings
February 28th to March 3rd Grand Hotel Krasnapolsky, Amsterdam, the Nethe=
rlands
- Call For Papers is now open.
- Registration for the Trainings and Briefings are open.

BLACK HAT RSS FEED
The RSS feed from Black Hat can be used to keep you up to date with annou=
ncements, presentations, and new speech content. Check it out:
http://www.blackhat.com/BlackHatRSS.xml=20

BLACK HAT JAPAN 2005 PODCASTS
The presentations from the recent Black Hat Japan Briefings are now on-li=
ne. We are also experimenting with new ways to share our content with the=
community, and the first of these is to release some of the audio record=
ings as =93pod casts=94 in .m4a format through our RSS feed.
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BLACK PAGE UPDATE
Early next week you will see my first written statement regarding the Cis=
co/ISS incident that occurred at the summer Black Hat in Las Vegas. The i=
ssues brought up last summer are important to the entire security communi=
ty and I invite the community to read and reflect on my thoughts, as well=
as those of other security experts.
http://www.blackhat.com/html/bh-blac...blackpage.html
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IN MORE DETAIL:
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FEDERAL 2006 CALL FOR PAPERS
Black Hat is proud to return to Washington D.C. after its last Briefings =
in 2003. For 2006 there will be expanded training offerings, focused pres=
entations, and a convenient central location two metro stops from the Pen=
tagon.
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Black Hat Federal 2006 is a unique show specifically crafted to look at i=
ssues important to those charged with protecting critical networks and in=
formation from the most sophisticated adversaries. Submissions should be =
very technical and specific to threats and defenses that surround the cha=
llenging security problems facing hosts and networks today. We hope to of=
fer a federal perspective on security issues and new directions to furthe=
r security trade craft.
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The Federal Government faces different threat models than the corporate c=
ommunity, with adversaries having different motivations, resources, and t=
ools. Submissions should reflect this difference, with suggested topics i=
ncluding the current state of root kits and their detection, network IDS =
evasion & detection, covert communications, reverse engineering / anti-re=
verse engineering, defeating biometric systems, and the current state of =
the exploit development life cycle.
http://blackhat.com/html/bh-federal-...ed-06-cfp.html
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BLACK HAT FEDERAL 2006 REGISTRATION
Black Hat Federal 2006 Briefings and Trainings registration is now open. =
The Briefings offer two tracks over two days with 22 presentations. There=
will be 11 Trainings classes, with new offerings such as Saumil Shah's "=
The Exploit Laboratory - Buffer Overflows For Beginners," and Matt Harget=
t's "Binary Static Analysis: From the Inside-Out." Class sizes for all tr=
ainings are limited to ensure each student receives individual attention.
Register early before classes fill up and to receive an early discount.
http://www.blackhat.com/html/bh-regi...ation.html#Fed
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EUROPE 2006 CALL FOR PAPERS
The Black Hat Briefings 2006 Europe CFP is opened. Submit your cutting ed=
ge, vendor neutral security research today. Black Hat Europe '06 takes pl=
ace February 28th to March 3rd at the Grand Hotel Krasnapolsky, Amsterdam=
, the Netherlands.
http://blackhat.com/html/bh-europe-06/bh-eu-06-cfp.html
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BLACK HAT EUROPE 2006 REGISTRATION OPEN
Black Hat Europe 2006 Briefings and Trainings registration is now open. T=
he Briefings offer two tracks over two days with 25 presentations. There =
will be 10 Training classes with new offerings and an updated SensePost c=
lass "Hacking by Numbers: Combat Edition." Due to limited class size, man=
y of our classes fill up quickly. Register early to ensure training avail=
ability and to take advantage of our early bird registration discount.
http://www.blackhat.com/html/bh-regi...ration.html#eu
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WHAT IS THE BLACK HAT BRIEFINGS?
The Black Hat Briefings fill the need for computer security professionals=
to better understand the security risks and potential threats to their i=
nformation infrastructures and computer systems. Black Hat accomplishes t=
his by assembling a group of vendor-neutral security professionals and ha=
ving them present candidly about the problems businesses face and their s=
olutions to those problems. No gimmicks - just straight talk by people wh=
o make it their business to explore the ever-changing security space.
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IMPORTANT DATES
- January 23-26: Federal Briefings 2006 & Training, Sheraton Crystal City=
, Washington, DC
- February 28-March 3: Europe 2006 Briefings & Training, Grand Hotel Kras=
napolsky, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
- July 29-August 3: USA 2006 Briefings & Training, Caesars Palace, Las Ve=
gas
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Please visit http://www.blackhat.com/ for more complete information.

Jeff Moss