#HITB2012KUL – Celebrating Ten Years of HITB Security Conferences

Some of you might remember the first HITB conference at Cititel Hotel, Kuala Lumpur back in 2003. That year HD Moore spoke about Metasploit back when it was just the Metasploit Framework. That very conference also marked the last public appearance for LSD Group aka The Hackers Who Broke Windows. Sounds like a decade ago? Well, you are right. Believe it or not, it has been TEN YEARS since our first conference and what a ride it has been – ten great years, three continents, hundreds of speakers, thousands of attendees and a lifetime of stories. 

To commemorate ten years of playing host to the brilliant minds that have helped shaped the security landscape to where it is today, HITBSecConf2012 – Malaysia will be welcoming back on stage over 42 of our most popular speakers from the last 10 years – including the likes of John ‘Captain Crunch’ Draper, The Founders of The Pirate Bay, Mikko Hypponen, DNS guru Paul Vixie, OpenBSD creator Theo de Raadt and perhaps even members of the LSD Group!  We will run two packed days of triple-track, hour-long talks. There will be NO KEYNOTES, NO LAB SESSIONS and NO SIGINT slots!

We’re also ramping up this year’s show by expanding on HITB favorites – think round-the-clock 36 hour nonstop Capture The Flag and also a 36 hour hackathon to go with it. A larger HITB CommSec Village and an expanded Lockpicking ARENA! Some of you will also remember our crazy HITB Charity Auctions from years past – HITB auctioneer Roberto Preatoni who once even sold the shirt and pants off his back is – BACK! This year’s auction is in aid of the Mount Miriam Cancer Hospital – an independent facility founded in 1976 whose mission is to make treatment affordable to all cancer patients.

No HITBSecConf is complete without a party and capping off our 10th year anniversary will be our biggest post conference party yet. Sponsored as always by Microsoft, we will toast to 10 years of HITBSecConf epicness overlooking the Kuala Lumpur skyline, with IOActive’s DJ Keith Meyers behind the decks providing the choons!

There are only 1010 seats available for the conference, so we really encourage you to register early. This year’s decade celebration is definitely the one not to be missed.

See you there!

The HITB .my Team