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During ROOTCON 10, we introduced a new dedicated track for our Capture The Flag, with the comfortable CTF tables and chairs the game was well participated and was enjoyed by most of the players, not just the players enjoyed the game but as well as the spectators passing by. With the...

In-behalf of the goons and volunteers of ROOTCON I would like to personally say THANK YOU! This years conference was an epic one. The topics delivered were highly technical and we thank our speakers for that! The trainings were jam-packed, we are looking into expanding our trainings...

ROOTCON X SPONSORS.  These sponsors are genuine sponsors who supports the Information Security and Hacking community in the Philippines. ROOTCON won't be as awesome without these supporters. Elite + ROOTCON Official Badge sponsor Elite + ROOTCON Official...

Yes you read the title right! You can drink all the booze and hack all the things because we have parties, not just once but thrice. w00t! Here is the official schedule: Day 0 (September 21, 2016) - BugCrowd Night Of Drinks - 7:00PM - 11:00pm Day 1 (September 22, 2016) - Netsuite Security Hype Party - 7:00pm - 11:00pm  Day 2 (September 23, 2016) - ROOTCON...

This is an original article we received from Christian Falco of IBM Security and that ROOTCON is glad to publish it because IBM has helped us in making ROOTCON X happen: Over the years, companies have responded to threats by backing up the security tool truck and unloading...

ROOTCON X wouldn't be kicked off if it wasn't for the sponsors. We salute these companies for caring about the InfoSec community in the Philippines: Trustwave Holdings is an information security company that provides on demand threat, vulnerability and compliance management...

ROOTCON 10 Teaser from ROOT CON on Vimeo. ROOT CON started with only less than 20 humans, as years pass by we grew and grew, this year we will be celebrating our 10th iteration, since our inception we maintain our image as the only legitimate hacking conference in the Philippines.  ROOTCON is known for its high-caliber technical speakers, contest quality, and affordability....

Do you have that hacker spirit and culture? Do you love ROOTCON very much? If yes then you must be our next ROOTCON Ambassador? Don't worry it's not a contest! You just need to apply and we will check if you are fit to become one. So what is a ROOTCON Ambassadors? ROOTCON...

Hey all geeks! We've got some good news for yah. Yeah that's right! Our CFP board has just approved three talks waiting to be served on ROOTCON X: https://www.rootcon.org/xml/rc10/talks The legendary crypto and IPV6 expert Lawrence Hughes is finally back for ROOTCON X...

One of the main reasons why geeks go to a hacker conference and information security gathering are the awesome lineup of speakers and interesting talks. Thus, I decided to create a list of hackers we want for our conference this year. I wanna tempt you guys to come to this year's...

Our registration is now officially open, this year we looked for another alternative other than Eventbrite to lessen the cost of our ticket fee. ROOTCON is always dedicated to giving the most quality and affordable conference in the country.  Our registration this year is the...

Last year at ROOTCON IX, we had some awesome lineup of talks from 31337 speakers: How to Shot Web: Better Web Hacking in 2015 by Jason Haddix  BackDooring Git by John Menerick  Open Source Internet Infrastructure Insecurity by John Menerick  Unmasking Malware by Christopher...