Empire-Hacking

Announcing our first virtual Empire Hacking

Dan Guido
At Trail of Bits, we’ve all been working remotely due to COVID-19. But the next Empire Hacking event will go on, via video conference! When: April 14th @ 6PM How: RSVP via this Google Form or on Meetup. We’ll email you an invitation early next week. Come talk shop with us! Every two months, Empire […]

Empire Hacking: Ethereum Edition 2

Evan Sultanik
On December 12, over 150 attendees joined a special, half-day Empire Hacking to learn about pitfalls in smart contract security and how to avoid them. Thank you to everyone who came, to our superb speakers, and to BuzzFeed for hosting this meetup at their office. Watch the presentations again It’s hard to find such rich […]

Return of the Blockchain Security Empire Hacking

Trail of Bits
Remember last December’s Empire Hacking? The one where we dedicated the event to sharing the best information about blockchain and smart contract security? Let’s do that again, and let’s make it a tradition; a half-day mini conference focused exclusively on a single topic every December. On December 12, please join us at Buzzfeed’s NYC offices […]

Videos from Ethereum-focused Empire Hacking

Dan Guido
On December 12, over 150 attendees learned how to write and hack secure smart contracts at the final Empire Hacking meetup of 2017. Thank you to everyone who came, to our superb speakers, and to Datadog for hosting this meetup at their office. Watch the presentations again We believe strongly that the community should share […]

Securing Ethereum at Empire Hacking

Lauren Pearl
If you’re building real applications with blockchain technology and are worried about security, consider this meetup essential. Join us on December 12th for a special edition of Empire Hacking focused entirely on the security of Ethereum. Why attend? Four blockchain security experts will be sharing how to write secure smart contracts, and hack them. Two […]

Empire Hacking Turns One

Dan Guido
In the year since we started this bi-monthly meetup, we’ve been thrilled by the community that it has attracted. We’ve had some excellent presentations on pragmatic security research, shared our aspirations and annoyances with our work, and made some new friends. It’s a wonderful foundation for an even better year two! To mark the group’s […]

Empire Hacking, a New Meetup in NYC

Dan Guido
Today we are launching Empire Hacking, a bi-monthly meetup that focuses on pragmatic security research and new discoveries in attack and defense. Empire Hacking is technical. We aim to bridge the gap between weekend projects and funded research. There won’t be any product pitches here. Come prepared with your best ideas. Empire Hacking is exclusive. […]