BlueHat '06 at Microsoft

Today was the second day of bluehat at Microsoft.  bluehat is basically the Microsoft version of blackhat.  Various security researchers and speakers trek to Seattle and talk to Microsoft employees about different topics related to security.  I was able to make most of today's session and thought it was awesome.  A lot of the speakers did a great job and even though they only had an hour, were for the most part able to make great presentations. 

Today's memorable presentations included:

• Breaking into Database Systems
• Exploiting Web Applications
• Search Engine Hacking

I'm not sure exactly how much detail we are/aren't allowed to talk about but overall the presentations are generally semi-technical to medium technical; they generally try to cover what's happening in the security industry and talk about interesting things they are working on or have come across.  j0hnny long had a great presentation on Search Engine hacking, especially towards the end were he showed some of the things he was able to find using just Google and creative queries.

Day 2 continues tomorrow... I'll post more then.  Great work BlueHat team!!