Hackers for Charity at Defcon 17

Johnny Long's presentation at DefCon 17 discusses his career as a professional hacker, life at the top, and the recent decision to abandon it all and start HackersForCharity. He shows us small videos of the work and difference Hackers for Charity is making in Uganda. In the end, he also shares a couple of hacks he's been using in Uganda to make life more fun :)  Overall, it's a very interesting talk and shows us all a very different approach to life - stop thinking about just ourselves and instead try to live for a higher purpose, where we can make a difference in this world. I totally agree with Johnny that we need to find something in life which gives us satisfaction and makes us feel complete as humans.

I would request everyone to support Hackers for Charity by visiting their site and signing up. Thanks to Dash Riprock for posting this video.

Vivek Ramachandran is a security evangelist and has been working in computer security related fields for the past 7 years. In 2007, Vivek spoke at world renowned conferences Defcon (WEP Cloaking Exposed) and Toorcon (The Caffe Latte Attack). The discovery of the Caffe Latte Attack was covered by CBS5 news, BBC online, Network World etc news agencies.In 2006, Vivek was announced as one of winners of the Microsoft Security Shootout contest held in India among 65,000 participants. He has also been a recipient of a Team Achievement at Cisco Systems for his work on 802.1x and Port Security modules on the Catalyst 6500 switches. Currently he spends all of his time maintaining Security- Freak.Net , SecurityTube.Net and is the co-founder of Axonize. Vivek, is a Bachelor in Electronics and Communications Engineering from the prestigious Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati.You can contact him at vivek[at]securitytube.net