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DakotaCon II

Admin — Tue, 01 May 2012 04:21:18 +0000

Joe Grand will conduct a one-day version of his “Hands-On Hardware Hacking and Reverse Engineering” training. He will also present “Breaking San Francisco’s ‘Smart’ Parking Meter.” [ continue ]

Parallax Robotics & Microcontrollers Expo 2012

Admin — Mon, 16 Apr 2012 04:34:05 +0000

Joe Grand will present “Talking, Singing, and Game Boy Printing,” a look at his experiences developing a new product for Parallax and hacking an existing one. [ continue ]

DESIGN West

Admin — Tue, 27 Mar 2012 04:45:44 +0000

Joe Grand will present “The Current State of Hardware Hacking: Like Shooting Fish in a Barrel” as part of the Black Hat Summit. [ continue ]

SecTor 2011

Admin — Thu, 20 Oct 2011 18:10:21 +0000

Joe Grand will present a keynote address entitled “Thinking Differently: Bringing the Hacker Mindset to the Corporate Environment.” [ continue ]

dorkbot sf

Admin — Thu, 13 Oct 2011 20:09:01 +0000

Joe Grand will present “Breaking San Francisco’s ‘Smart’ Parking Meter,” a look into the technical details of a previously discovered and disclosed vulnerability. [ continue ]

DEFCON 19

Admin — Mon, 08 Aug 2011 16:00:33 +0000

Joe Grand participates in DEFCON Kids, a unique event providing kids and their parents an interactive, hands-on experience for learning about technology, security, and engineering. He will host a hardware hacking workshop in which each kid will experiment with a custom circuit board with a goal of defeating the security mechanism. [ continue ]

Black Hat USA 2011

Admin — Wed, 03 Aug 2011 21:35:47 +0000

Joe Grand will conduct his two-day “Hands-On Hardware Hacking and Reverse Engineering” training course at both the weekend and weekday sessions. [ continue ]

Freescale Technology Forum Americas 2011

Admin — Fri, 24 Jun 2011 18:01:31 +0000

Joe Grand will host the Make It Challenge design contest and provide technical guidance to entrants throughout the event. [ continue ]

Unofficial Propeller Expo West 2011

Admin — Mon, 23 May 2011 21:52:32 +0000

Joe Grand will present “Development Diary: The Parallax Laser Range Finder,” a look at his experiences designing a low-cost laser range finder module using the Propeller microcontroller. [ continue ]

DakotaCon

Admin — Sat, 16 Apr 2011 17:50:48 +0000

Joe Grand will present “Perspectives from the L0pht,” a look back at growing up in the early days of the computer security industry. He will also present “A Five-Year History of DEFCON‘s Electronics Badges.” [ continue ]

dorkbot sf

Admin — Thu, 24 Feb 2011 05:06:38 +0000

Joe Grand presents “BSODomizer: Mischievous hardware for mischievous people.” [ continue ]

IT-Defense 2011

Admin — Sat, 12 Feb 2011 17:43:49 +0000

Joe Grand will present “Hardware is the New Software,” a look into how hardware hacking is changing the computer security industry. [ continue ]

Black Hat Briefings DC 2011

Admin — Thu, 20 Jan 2011 23:58:48 +0000

Joe Grand will present “Hardware Reverse Engineering: Access, Analyze, and Defeat,” a workshop focused on real-world hardware hacking and reverse engineering. [ continue ]

DEFCON 18

Admin — Mon, 02 Aug 2010 18:00:17 +0000

Joe Grand will present “Making the DEFCON 18 Badge,” a look at the engineering process behind the conference’s attendee badge. He will also be participating in the Hardware Hacking Village. [ continue ]

Black Hat USA 2010 Briefings and Training

Admin — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 17:35:17 +0000

Joe Grand will conduct his two-day “Hands-On Hardware Hacking and Reverse Engineering Techniques” training course at both the weekend and weekday sessions. [ continue ]

Freescale Technology Forum Americas 2010

Admin — Fri, 25 Jun 2010 18:16:50 +0000

Joe Grand will host the Tower Throwdown Design Challenge and participate in the Opening General Session alongside Rich Beyer, Chairman and CEO of Freescale Semiconductor. [ continue ]

ITWeb Security Summit 2010

Admin — Fri, 14 May 2010 11:34:54 +0000

Joe Grand will present a keynote address entitled “Perspectives from the L0pht,” a look back at growing up in the early days of the computer security industry. He will also present a technical session entitled “Hardware is the New Software,” which explores the hardware hacking process and high-profile attacks against electronic devices. [ continue ]

Embedded Systems Conference Silicon Valley 2010

Admin — Fri, 30 Apr 2010 13:56:38 +0000

Joe Grand will present “Hacks and Attacks: Examples of Electronic Device Compromise,” a look into high-profile hardware attacks against embedded systems. [ continue ]

Black Hat Europe 2010 Briefings and Training

Admin — Fri, 16 Apr 2010 17:00:00 +0000

Joe Grand will conduct his two-day “Hands-On Hardware Hacking and Reverse Engineering Techniques” training course and present “Hardware is the New Software,” a look into how hardware hacking is changing the computer security industry. [ continue ]

Black Hat DC 2010 Briefings and Training

Admin — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 17:00:00 +0000

Joe Grand will present “Hardware is the New Software,” a look into how hardware hacking is changing the computer security industry. [ continue ]

UAT Technology Forum 2009

Admin — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 21:02:30 +0000

Joe Grand will present “Lessons from Prototype This” and share his experiences and behind-the-scenes stories as a co-host of Discovery Channel’s Prototype This TV show. [ continue ]

Hack in the Box Security Conference 2009

Admin — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 17:00:00 +0000

Joe Grand will present the keynote address with a presentation entitled “Hardware is the New Software,” which discusses the hardware hacking process and how it is changing the computer security industry. [ continue ]

DEFCON 17

Admin — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 05:00:17 +0000

Joe Grand will be giving three talks: “The Making of and Hacking the DEFCON 17 Badge,” “The Projects of Prototype This!” with Zoz, and “‘Smart’ Parking Meter Implementations, Globalism, and You” with Jacob Appelbaum and Chris Tarnovsky. [ continue ]

’09 Black Hat USA Briefings and Training

Admin — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 17:00:00 +0000

Joe Grand will conduct his two-day training course “Hands-On Hardware Hacking and Reverse Engineering Techniques” and, along with Jacob Appelbaum and Chris Tarnovsky, present “‘Smart’ Parking Meter Implementations, Globalism, and You,” a look into flaws of fare collection infrastructure. [ continue ]

Unofficial Propeller Expo West 2009

Admin — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 17:00:00 +0000

Joe Grand will present “The Projects of Prototype This” and share his experiences as a co-host of Discovery Channel’s Prototype This TV show. [ continue ]

Black Hat 2009 Sneak Peek Webcast

Admin — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 22:12:23 +0000

Joe Grand joins with several other speakers to preview some of the hottest topics being presented at Black Hat USA 2009. He will give a sneak peek of his upcoming “‘Smart’ Parking Meter Implementations, Globalism, and You” session, which is a look into flaws of fare collection infrastructure. [ continue ]

’09 Black Hat Europe Briefings and Training

Admin — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 17:00:00 +0000

Joe Grand presents his two-day training course Hands-On Hardware Hacking and Reverse Engineering Techniques: Black Hat Edition. [ continue ]

SOURCE Boston 2009

Admin — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 17:00:00 +0000

Joe Grand presents “Turning Science into Sound Bites: Lessons from Prototype This,” a look at creatively sharing technical information with a non-technical audience. [ continue ]

’09 Black Hat DC Briefings and Training

Admin — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 17:00:00 +0000

Joe Grand presents his two-day training course Hands-On Hardware Hacking and Reverse Engineering Techniques: Black Hat Edition. [ continue ]

SolidWorks World 2009

Admin — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 11:57:14 +0000

Joe Grand of Grand Idea Studio and Mike North, both co-hosts of Discovery Channel’s Prototype This, make a surprise appearance at the conference’s final General Session. [ continue ]