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Keynote / Chief Guest

Pinarayi Vijayan

Pinarayi Vijayan

Chief Minister

Kerala State

 

Rajeev Chandrasekhar

Rajeev Chandrasekhar

Union Minister of State for Electronics and Information Technology

Union Minister of State for Skill Development and Entrepreneurship.

Govt. of India

Admiral Radhakrishnan Hari Kumar

Admiral Radhakrishnan Hari Kumar

PVSM, AVSM, VSM, ADC

CHIEF OF NAVAL STAFF

Ministry of Defence, India

Blockchain & Crypto Currency : Understanding and Exploiting Workshop


  • 21 -22 Sep, 2022
  • 2 days
  • Grand Hyatt, Kochi, India

 Trainer

Ajit Hatti

Founder, Director - Pure ID ,   ,  

Who should attend

Security professionals keen to learn the technical details of the Block chain and basics of cryptocurrencies.

Pre-requisite

Understanding of Security concepts and basics of cryptography, ability to execute hands on labs using Windows or Linux/Mac machine with simple python scrips or openssl commands

WORKSHOP OBJECTIVE

Understand the basic building blocks of Blockchain technology which empowers all the crypto currencies in the world. This 2 days workshop is divided into 2 parts. The first part of the day will introduce the attendees with basic cryptographic concepts that are used in Blockchains. Next we will learn the block structures and transactions and various protocols used in maintaining the distributed ledger of Blockchian.

Part 2 on the next day will focus on various attacks that can be carried out on Blockchain implementation right from the user wallets to the cryptographic schemes and smart contracts employed in a Blockchain.

All of these are learned with hands-on labs and practical attacks in a simulated environment.

We would also cover case-studies and as many questions as the attendees have to clear their basic understanding about the subject.

COURSE CONTENT (ToC)
  • DAY 1 - Understanding Blockchains
    • → Building blocks of cryptography
      • → Hashes, Public / Private Keys, Signing / Verification, encryption
      • → Key wallet and key generation basics
    • → Understanding Transactions in Blockchain
    • → Understanding Transaction verification by miners, mining
    • → How double spending is avoided
    • → Smart Contracts
    • → 
  • DAY 2 - Exploiting Blockchain / Crypto currency
    • → User side Attacks
      • → Exploiting wallets
      • → Crypto jacking
    • → Network Based Attacks
      • → Network based (MITM) crypto jacking
      • → Rogue nodes or 51% attack
    • → Attacks on Miners
      • → Coinbase / Key Substitution attack
      • → DDoS
    • →  Attacks on Protocols
      • → Dilution of Difficulty
      • → Smart Contract Flaws
      • → Merkle Tree Attack

PRE-REQUISITE

Understanding of Security concepts and basics of cryptography, ability to execute hands on labs using Windows or Linux/Mac machine with simple python scrips or openssl commands

PARTICIPANTS REQUIREMENTS

Laptop with browser and openssl package installed for hands on learning.

DURATION

2 days

WHO SHOULD ATTEND

Security professionals keen to learn the technical details of the Block chain and basics of cryptocurrencies.

WHAT TO EXPECT

Good understanding of the Blockchain using the case study of BitCoins and various attacks possible on such a system.

WHAT NOT TO EXPECT

Ability to hack and gain millions of cryptocurrencies

Trainer
Ajit Hatti
Ajit Hatti
Founder, Director - Pure ID

 

 

Ajit Hatti is a serial inventor and innovator and founder of PureID. He has been developing enterprise class security products over a decade and a half. Ajit regularly presents his research & tools at conferences like Black Hat, COCON & DEF CON. He is also the co-founder of Null - Open Security Community & is the founder of Blockchain Village which he organizes at DEF CON.