Wednesday 28-March-2018 // 6:00 – 9:00 PM Meeting Location: Michener Auditorium at UHN, 222 Patrick Street, Toronto March TASK This month we welcome Yevgeniy Kulakov as he walks you through what to expect when you transition into the field of Malware Research, and Milos Stojadinovic and Jamie Gamble discuss how effectively using red and blue […]
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February TASK: Compendium of Creative Campaigns / Securing outbound browsing traffic in the era of mobile workspace and SaaS applications
Wednesday 28-February-2018 // 6:00 – 9:00 PM Meeting Location: 88 Queens Quay West, Toronto Room: 29th Floor February TASK This month we welcome Julian Pileggi as he shares insights into the more creative campaigns and techniques used in recent attackers, and Evgeniy Kharam discussing browsing security in the era of the mobile workspace. Don’t forget […]
January TASK: Dark Caracal / Command and Conquer: Red Alert – C2 tradecraft and design
Wednesday 31-January-2018 // 6:00 – 9:00 PM Meeting Location: 88 Queens Quay West, Toronto Room: 29th Floor January TASK This month we welcome Apurva Kumar and Jeremy Richards as they discuss the Dark Caracal espionage investigation, announced on January 18 at https://blog.lookout.com/dark-caracal-mobile-apt. Lee Kagan will also join us with a tech talk on C2 tradecraft […]
No November TASK
Don’t miss SecTor and BsidesTO! Four days of InfoSec awesomeness spanning November 12 to 15, find out more at https://sector.ca/ & www.bsidesto.ca/ The next TASK will be January 31, 2018 from 6pm. Location will be made available closer to the time. TASK Steering Committee
October TASK: Life After Breach: Ashley Madison in 2017 / Beyond OWASP Top 10
Wednesday 25-October-2017 // 6:00 – 9:00 PM Meeting Location: 55 John Street, Toronto Room: #308/309 (up the escalators) October TASK This month Matthew Maglieri talks life after the Ashley Madison breach and Aaron Hnatiw discussing common web application vulnerabilities that fall outside the OWASP Top 10 but are just as dangerous. As always, TASK is […]
September TASK: Growing Up and Out of the Sandbox: Examining information security beyond the micro-technical lens / Building machine-learning pipelines at scale
Wednesday 27-September-2017 // 6:00 – 9:00 PM Meeting Location: 55 John Street, Toronto Room: #308/309 (up the escalators) September TASK This month we have Alana Staszczyszyn examining information security beyond the micro-technical lens and Roy Firestein discussing building machine-learning pipelines at scale. As always, TASK is free, registration is not required to attend, and we […]
August TASK – BlackHat, Defcon, BSidesLV Review
Wednesday 30-August-2017 // 6:00 – 9:00 PM Meeting Location: 55 John Street, Toronto Room: 308/309 (Go up escalator, door is just as you step off) August TASK This month we have our popular BlackHat and Defcon review meeting. Below is a list of talks we hope to cover with something for everyone. A huge thanks […]
May TASK: Surviving the Disaster – Secrets of a Successful Incident Response / Legal Perspectives on Data Breaches
Wednesday 31-May-2017 // 6:00 – 9:00 PM Meeting Location: 55 John Street, Toronto Room: Rotunda (Main floor past the elevators) May TASK This month we have Robert Beggs hosting a session on the management and techniques for a successful breach response and Fazila Nurani providing insight into the legal aspects of breach response. As always, […]
March TASK – How to Plan a Purple Team Exercise / Compliant Operations in an aaS World
Wednesday 29-March-2017 // 6:00 – 9:00 PM Meeting Location: 55 John Street, Toronto Room: #308/309 (Top of escalators) MARCH TASK This month we have Haydn Johnson hosting a session on how to plan a purple team exercise, and James Arlen discussing compliant operations in an aaS world. As always, TASK is free, registration is not […]
February TASK – My Windows Can Beat Up Your Windows / Social Robots and Ethics: Just How *DOES* This Work?
Wednesday 22-February-2017 // 6:00 – 9:00 PM Meeting Location: 55 John Street, Toronto Room: Rotunda (On main floor, just past the elevators) FEBRUARY TASK This month we return to Metro Hall and our two-presentation format, with thought-provoking sessions by Lee Kagan on Windows offensive security in the real world, and Brittany Postnikoff discussing social robot […]