announce July 2016

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August 9th: How TASBot Exploits Video Game Consoles (DEF CON talk encore)

by Allan Cecil

Topic: How TASBot Exploits Video Game Consoles (DEF CON talk encore) When: Tues August 9th, 7:30 PM to 9:00 PM Speaker: Allan Cecil Location: O'Reilly Media, Sebastopol CA in the Tarsier conference room past the metal statue and to the right ( http://nblug.org/locations ) Description: This will be an encore presentation of a DEF CON talk given August 5th at 4:00 PM: https://www.defcon.org/html/defcon-24/dc-24-speakers.html#Cecil TASBot is an augmented Nintendo R.O.B. robot that can play video games without any of the button mashing limitations us humans have. By pretending to be a controller connected to a game console, TASBot triggers glitches and exploits weaknesses to execute arbitrary opcodes and rewrite games. This talk will cover how these exploits were found and will explore the idea that breaking video games using Tool-Assisted emulators can be a fun way to learn the basics of discovering security vulnerabilities. An overview of some of the details that will be described in the talk can be found in an article I coauthored for the PoC||GTFO journal issue 0x10 (Pokemon Plays Twitch, page 6).

8 years, 4 months

Tues July 12th NBLUG meeting: Installing Linux on a Chromebook

by E Frank Ball III

Topic: Installing Linux onto a Chromebook / Chromebox When: Tues July 12th, 7:30 PM to 9:00 PM Speaker: Robert Thille Location: O'Reilly Media, Sebastopol CA in the Tarsier conference room past the metal statue and to the right - http://nblug.org/locations Have you looked at the prices of ChromeBooks and thought "Wow that's cheap! Too bad they don't run my OS of choice." **Well, they can! In this talk, Robert will go over the options to give you "more" linux with your ChromeOS device, from just accessing the crosh (chrome-os-shell) to flashing a new ROM with Coreboot & SeaBIOS and installing the linux distro of your choice. - Robert -------------------------------------------------------------------- During this meeting we will be accepting donations for a replacement projector, our first major purchase as a user group in nearly a decade. We are not a 501(c)(3) non-profit and cannot provide receipts for tax purposes, but don't let that stop you we can accept cash or checks. Thanks for your support! The projector fund is going well, we are upto $400, including the existing treasury. We are currently hoping to buy a WXGA (1280x800) projector in the $450 + tax range. ($500). Our current projector is only VGA (800x600), not bright enough, and only has VGA input. - Frank Ball

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announce July 2016