The Ekoparty is an annual
computer security conference that brings together a variety of people interested in
information security
Information security, sometimes shortened to InfoSec, is the practice of protecting information by mitigating information risks. It is part of information risk management. It typically involves preventing or reducing the probability of unauthori ...
. The Briefings take place regularly in
Buenos Aires
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,
Argentina
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.
History
Ekoparty was founded in 2001 by Juan Pablo Daniel Borgna, Leonardo Pigner, Federico Kirschbaum, Jerónimo Basaldúa and Francisco Müller Amato.
In addition to the talks, Ekoparty has different activities like workshops, wargames,
Wardriving
Wardriving is the act of searching for Wi-Fi wireless networks, usually from a moving vehicle, using a laptop or smartphone. Software for wardriving is freely available on the internet.
Warbiking, warcycling, warwalking and similar use the sam ...
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Lockpicking challenges, and
forensics challenges.
See also
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Hacker conference
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DEF CON
DEF CON (also written as DEFCON, Defcon or DC) is a hacker convention held annually in Las Vegas, Nevada. The first DEF CON took place in June 1993 and today many attendees at DEF CON include computer security professionals, journalists, lawyer ...
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Black Hat Briefings
Black Hat Briefings (commonly referred to as Black Hat) is a computer security conference that provides security consulting, training, and briefings to hackers, corporations, and government agencies around the world. Black Hat brings together ...
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Chaos Communication Congress
References
External links
Ekoparty homepageBeyond DEFCON, 15 Must see Hacking ConferencesBrowser Exploit Against SSL/TLS at Ekoparty Computer security conferences
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