-----------------------------------------------------------------------] _.-.. __ .__ .__ ,'9 )\)`-.,.--. | | _|__|_ _ _|__| ____ ____ ____ 2k8 `-.| `. | |/ / \ \/ \/ / |/ ___\/ _ \ / \ \, , \) | <| |\ /| \ \__( <_> ) | \ `. )._\ (\ |__|_ \__| \/\_/ |__|\___ >____/|___| / |// `-,// \/ \/ \/ ]|| //" "" "" BAAAAAAaaaa!!11 [-------------------------------------------------- www.kiwicon.org----] Holy sheepshit, internets! Blanket-Man[1] has wrung out his loin cloth and is ready to fly-tackle more nerds with large egos and irc handles. Yes, it's time to open up your ~/haxing folder and get your talk together for Kiwicon 2k8! We've put out the black t-shirts, and deflated some satellite radomes, so where, as our more criminal yet fetchingly bikini clad cousins might say, the bloody hell are you? The Kiwicon Crüe is proud to announce the call for presenters for the second installment of New Zealand's very own security conference: Kiwicon 2k8. [CFP Update] Despite being a community con, Kiwicon is now pleased, if not delighted to the point of gratuitous Morris dancing to be able to offer financial support for travel to a limited number of speakers. More details are available in the Submission section below. We've already had a number of great talks submitted, and slots are filling fast. Those of you attending cons this year will already be aware of the number of Kiwis presenting - AusCERT, Shakacon, Syscan, Blackhat, Defcon, Ruxcon - you should see these guys in their natural habitat. They drop more 0day, wear tighter pants, and are 30% more likely to coyly flutter their eyelashes at you. [About] Kiwicon2k8 is intended to be an informal conference, drawing on the wider security community of Australia and New Zealand. It will be held in Wellington, New Zealand, on the weekend of the 27th and 28th of September, 2008. Kiwicon's focus is on sharing information; ideas, code, and good whisky, in a rabelaisan carnival of security, nerdery, and *nix beards. Last year, the inaugural Kiwicon ended up being kind of a big deal: highlights included tmasky's mighty Crackstation, the debut of Beau Butler as an "ethical hacker" making Microsoft "look like turkeys", and of course the Kiwicon Hax0r Quiz, with the winner taking the grand prize of An Illustrated Guide to the Commoner Skin Diseases. Hope it came in handy for the post-con diagnosis phase, dude. This year, Kiwicon's own Bogan is already making anti-virus vendors quake in their little signature-laden booties at Defcon's Race to Zero, and the cauldron of 0h-0h-0hday in Brett Moore's secret Insomnia lair is bubbling over with pernicious brew. If you missed last Kiwicon (not "professional enough"? couldn't convince your boss it wasn't a hoax?) then find one of the 230+ people who were there and ask them if they're just-not-gonna-bother this year. [Venue] Our hosts for the weekend will, once again, be Victoria University of Wellington. If you have any memory of last year's Kiwicon, then it'll look disturbingly familiar. The campus has the advantage of being close to the center of the city and its' various amenities. This includes cheap accommodation, good coffee, and, more importantly, several good pubs serving good, non-Australian, beer. [Costs] Kiwicon2k8 is a non-profit, non-commercial, non-corporate-funded event. Attendance for the entire weekend will cost $50 for employed individuals (self-employed and salaried). There is a discounted rate of $30 for students and the unemployed. GST receipts can be issued upon request. If your management can't be convinced of the value of something that only costs $50, we're happy to issue you with some kind of personalised limited edition invitation in crayon, glitter pen, and macaroni (spray-painted gold for that luxe look) for the low enterprise-only price of $500. [Topics] Suggested topics include but are not limited to: - Crowd Control Techniques and Panic Modeling - Information Warfare / Industrial Espionage - Malware (Viruses, Spam, Phishing, Botnets) - Cellular Networks (GSM,GPRS,CDMA,3G,4G) - Application Security, Testing, Fuzzing - Government Spy Networks / Surveillance - Nanotechnology / Quantum Computing - Access Control and Authentication - Wireless / Bluetooth / Infrared - Social Engineering / Trolling - Breaking EAL Certified Kit - Forensics / Antiforensics - Banking / ATMs / Carding - Exploitation Techniques - Layer 1/2/3 Nastiness - Reverse Engineering - Phreaking / VoIP - Virtualisation - Web Security - Lockpicking - Biometrics - Hypnosis - Crypto - Ohday - 23 There is no pre-determined talk length but we ask that speakers limit their presentation to an hour, including some question time. Kiwicon is a non-profit organisation, so generally funding is not available for travel and accommodation. However, we have a limited number of travel support packages available: 1 x NZ$1500 for a speaker from outside Australasia or the South Pacific 1 x NZ$750 for a speaker from Australia or the South Pacific 3 x NZ$250 for speakers from New Zealand These are available only to full length (>45min) speakers paying their own way. No speaking-in-a-corporate-capacity, no company logos on the slides and no industry weaseling. These stipends are for amateurs, crackpots, ecclesiasticals, students and other miserable doss-down-under-the-motorway-bridge-oh-my-goodness-two-cardboard-boxes-just-for-me? riff-raff. If you look too much like you should be hanging out between the pages of Men's Style magazine (and we know who you are), then we reserve the right to pick someone a trifle more threadbare. Organiser decision is final, no correspondence will be corresponded, and Sharrow has to think your existence does not constitute a putrefying abscess in the nostril of humanity. If you are a corporate sellout, however, a formal letter will be provided for employer leverage. Either way, unless you're a complete jackoff, people will try and buy you beer. To submit a presentation to Kiwicon2k8, send an email to cfp(a)kiwicon.org with the following information: Name or Handle: Country of Residence: Employer (if applicable): Presentation Title: Presentation Length: Presentation Synopsis: Brief Bio: Do Want Fat Cash: [Yes/No] ( If yes, pick one of the above support options, and explain how poor you are, and why you're worth spending our money on. Be creative. Poetry is acceptable? ) [CFP Submissions] Please submit your CFP by email to cfp(a)kiwicon.org, no later than 8:47pm NZST, Sunday 17th August 2008. There will be two rounds of selection, with the first half of the talks chosen in early August, so submit early for a better chance of acceptance. [Contacts & Further Information] Email us: kiwicon(a)kiwicon.org Check the site: http://www.kiwicon.org/ Drop by silc: silc.isig.org.nz:2706/kiwicon Join the list: kiwicon-subscribe(a)lists.isig.org.nz Greetz and thanks to all who helped make Kiwicon 2k7 the awesomeness it was, we'll see you fuckers again this year. Thick, meaty props to Pipes for stepping up and making 2k7 happen. We would miss you, but Sharrow's just as tall, and better looking. Sorry pal. -- The Kiwicon Crüe, 2k8 - Bogan, Metlstorm & Sharrow. \m/ [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Hana