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Hack the Hackers 2012
Sofia, Bulgaria
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On June 7 , 2012 New Horizons Bulgaria hold Hack the Hackers 2012 – a free seminar with live
hacking demos, organized exclusively to promote EC-Council and CEH in Bulgaria.
The event was led by EC-Council top trainer Sean Hanna, who was in Bulgaria to deliver the third
CEH training for New Horizons’ clients.
We managed to get Sofia University - the largest and most prestigious university in Bulgaria - to
partner and sponsor the event. They provided us with a 300 seat auditorium, situated in the center of
Sofia.
Official media partner of the event was Kaldata.com – the leading Bulgarian site for software,
hardware and IT news, with over 1,500,000 unique monthly visitors.
Hack the Hackers was once again greatly supported by EC-Council, which was announced as the
exclusive certification partner of the event. Hanan Wagie, Senior Director – EMEA, provided us with
free 3 CEHv7 digital courseware and 3 iLabs, and arranged an exclusive interview with EC-Council
President Jay Bavisi.
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The campaign started on May 4 with the launch of Hack the Hackers website and two days later we
got 300 registrations! Not a single euro was spent on advertising – an email invitation to our newsletter
subscribers and a press release were just enough to spread the word.
Hack the Hackers event was attended by more than 250 onsite and 60 online participants. Many of
them work for high-profile companies from the following sectors: Finance, Telecommunications,
Information Technologies, Public Administration, Energy, and Manufacturing.
Sean presented the topic Client Side Hacking – Targeting the User, and demonstrated Cracking
wireless WPS with Reaver, Remote Code Execution Buffer Overflow, Social engineering with SET and
DNS Spoofing). At the end of the seminar two CEH vouchers were awarded to: Lazar Sestrimski,
developer at Haemimont LTD, and Vlado Treneski, CISO at Interakcija.
The event got media coverage by Bulgaria’s most popular TV channel (bTV), and a number of online
media (Kaldata, Saga Technology, itForum, Info Week, etc.).
Difficulties:
Despite the venue was glorious and in a perfect location, we experienced difficulties with the university
administration, such as organizational problems, voice echo and lack of technical support.
Next steps:
1. Promotion of EC-Council Secure Computer User Specialist program, in response to growing interest
in security issues among non-IT people.
2. Promotion of EC-Council Certified Hacking Forensic Investigator program to raise awareness about
collecting digital evidences.
www.newhorizons.bg
http://newhorizons.bg/blog
+ 359 2 4210040
Hack the Hackers 2012 - Gallery
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Hack the Hackers Webpage
Homepage
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Sean Hanna
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Partners
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Why CEH?
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Press clipping
bTV evening news, June 7th
Sofia University, Hot news
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Kaldata, Press release, May 15
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Kaldata, Interview with Jay Bavisi, June 6
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Saga Technology, Press Release, May 10th
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itForum, Press Release, May 10th
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