How to follow #Blackhat / #Defcon / #BsidesLV without being there (2011 edition)
Note: update of my similar older posts
Well, I’m one of the poor souls who couldn’t make it to the Blackhat/Defcon / SecurityBsides fun. There are some ways to follow the events in Vegas (real time). 😉
The first tool is to use twitter and follow the hashtags #defcon, #blackhat and #bsideslv. If you have a twitter account, I would recommend installing tweetdeck and setting up 3 search columns. For those without a twitter account, you can use the Twitter search (and import it through RSS) or even better: twitterfall.com which is more interactive. Alternatively, give monitter also a try. Has a more Tweetdeck column “feel”. I like it.
Keep an eye on the Security Bloggers Network (RSS). A lot of security bloggers will be covering the event.
You can also monitor Flickr for the tag ‘defcon19‘ (RSS). And this site collects all the @blackhat and @defcon pictures from twitter: http://hashalbum.com/blackhat and http://hashalbum.com/defcon
This social media aggregator also looks nice: http://twubs.com/bsideslv, http://twubs.com/defcon and http://twubs.com/blackhat (all your tweets and twitpics are belong to us!) 😉
I think that’s more then enough to follow the event except for a live video stream. And in a limited way, for Blackhat there is one: https://www.blackhat.com/html/bh-us-11/bh-us-11-uplink.html. Giving it a go as we speak.
If you have more tips, feel free to mention them in the comments.
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