Hackers-on-a-Train is a packaged weekend of information security and fun. We will take the train from Royal Oak or Ann Arbor to Chicago Friday night. Saturday, we’ll spend listening to BSides Chicago talks and meeting up with our Burbsec friends. The Sunday train takes us home.

Everyone attending Hackers-on-a-Train must give a TED style talk. What’s your big idea? What’s your neat trick? What can you share with us in twenty minutes? These talks will be given on the train.

There are two train trips. People attending both Thotacon and BSides Chicago leave on Thursday. Attending BSides Chicago only? Leave Friday. Details below.

Thursday, April 25 (Part I)

Amtrack Train tickets (355 Wolverine Train)
Anyone participating will be expected to give a 20-minute presentation.
From: (Select departing Station to Chicago Union Station – CHI)

• Pontiac, MI: $36, departs 5:40pm Eastern
• Royal Oak, MI: $36, departs 6:00pm Eastern
• Detroit, MI: $33, departs 6:23pm Eastern
• Ann Arbor, MI: $33, departs 7:21pm Eastern

Friday, April 26 (Part II)

Amtrack Train tickets (355 Wolverine Train)
Anyone participating will be expected to give a 20-minute presentation.
From: (Select departing Station to Chicago Union Station – CHI)

• Royal Oak, MI: $36, departs 6:00pm Eastern
• Detroit, MI: $33, departs 6:23pm Eastern
• Ann Arbor, MI: $33, departs 7:21pm Eastern

Arrival:

• Chicago, IL, arrives 10:57pm Central (remember, -1 hour for Central).

Subway:
(Fair should be about $2.25 – pickup a fair card and put $10-12 on it)

• Take Blue Line from Union Station towards O’Hare Airport
• Get off at the CUMBERLAND stop (about 19 stops, 50 minutes)
• Walk 1/4 mile to Hotel

Holiday Inn O’Hare, $109/night – $277 after taxes and fees

Saturday, April 27

Subway:

• Leave for BSides at 8:00am. Doors open at 8:30 am.
• Take Blue Line train towards Forest Park
• Get off at ADDISON stop (about 5 stops, 15 minutes)
• Walk 1/2 mile to 3420 Grace
• Head north on Monticello, to Grace
• Turn right on Grace
• 3420 is past N. Elston Avenue

BSides Chicago 2013 tickets

• Abbey Pub, 3420 Grace, Chicago
• Free tickets available on March 1st
• Head back to the hotel afterwards

Sunday, April 28

Amtrack Train tickets

• Chicago, IL, departs 12:50pm Central (remember, -1 hour for Central).

Arrival:

• Royal Oak, MI: $85, arrives 7:37m Eastern
• Detroit, MI: $78, arrives 7:13pm Eastern
• Ann Arbor, MI: $78, arrives 6:16pm Central

Questions? Drop an email to info@michsec.org. Special thanks to j3remy for planning the itinerary.

Star Wars. Kellman Meghu. Lessons Learned from the Galactic Empire was one of the most memorable talks from BSides Detroit. Kellman was great. So great, in fact, that a speaker who saw Kellman gave up his GrrCon time-slot just to see it again. Kellman’s insights into security in Star Wars brought the house down at GrrCon, at BSides Detroit, and now we are bringing him back.

Kellman is returning to Michigan for an encore performance. One night only, co-sponsored by MiSec and Oakland Community College in Royal Oak. Tickets are free but limited. We hope you can join us for this amazing event.

Did you miss the talk at BSides Detroit? Check out the Galactic Empire flyer!

When:
Monday, November 26th, 2012
7 pm to 9 pm

Where:
Oakland Community College
739 South Washington Ave
Royal Oak, Michigan 48067

Tickets:
http://www.eventbrite.com/event/4536839810

The #misec community will be out in force at BSides Detroit 2012. From volunteers to speakers to participants, the local information security community has rallied to make BSides Detroit a great event.

Here are some of the highlights:

• Matt Johnson (mwjcomputing) – #misec BSides Dinner on Thursday at 7 pm 
• Len Isham and Scott Thomas – Infosec Flameout: What to Do When You Can’t Stand It Any Longer?
• Derek Thomas (dth0m) – Vulnerability Management: Moving Away From the Compliance Checkbox towards Continuous Discovery.
• Jen Fox – The Moscow Rules for InfoSec Professionals: Achieve Détente to Secure the Enterprise
• Mark Lenigan (niteshad) – Cyberwar: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Fight the F.U.D.
• J Wolfgang Goerlich – Naked Boulder Rolling
• Len Isham – Career 101: How to Unlock Achievements and Level Up
• Steven Fox – How to Create Social Illusions: A Social Engineering Case Study
• Chris J (rattis) – Intro to Linux System Hardening and Applying it to Your Pentest System
• Keith Dixon (tazdrumm3r) – Overview of Python - Flying Made Simple Without the NyQuil Hangover
• Chris J (rattis) and Justin (Infosec_rogue) will also be podcasting for Rats and Rogues

The full conference schedule has been posted to the SecurityBSides website. Tickets are available at BSides Detroit Eventbrite. We hope to see you there.

December’s MiSec meeting will be held on Thursday, December 15th, at 7pm.

Fresh from the RuCTFe 2011 Capture the Flag event, and with an eye towards the next one, the meeting will be CTF focused.

Members will be presenting on cracking the CTF. We will also have a round table discussion on how to work as a team on future CTFs. Come on out and join in.

For details and location, please either contact us through email (info@michsec.org) or log into our IRC channel (Freenode/#MiSec).

And a sneak peak of what is to come in 2012:

• Keith Dixon on Python for hackers in January
• Steven Fox on social engineering tools in February

MiSec is one of a 100 teams world-wide to compete in the RuCTFe event. The team is forming up and we are getting ready for the event on November 19th. If you are interested in participating, please contact us through email (info@michsec.org) or log into our IRC channel (Freenode/#MiSec).

http://www.ructf.org/e/