Hack and Win!
Submit your e-vote files to:
contest@mezonicagenda.com
Just attach the file and please include the following information in the body of the e-mail:
Full Name
Address
e-mail address (if different from one sending the file)
Phone Number
Please read the contest rules here to ensure eligibility. If the winner is later deemed ineligible, we will award the prize(s) to the 2nd, 3rd, etc., place entrants.
The Mezonic Agenda: Hacking the Presidency Contest challenges you, the reader, to interact with the book and CD, decrypt its contents, and ultimately control the fate of a mock US Presidential Election. Contestants will attempt to vote for themselves as the winning candidate during our "simulated" election to be held in early 2005. Contestants must use their hacking skills, along with strategy, to manipulate the results of the Mezonic "mock" election. The winner will receive a free pass to the BlackHat 2005 conference in Las Vegas as well as a library of security books from Syngress Publishing. Contest rules and entry form to appear within the next few weeks on this site. You can, however, begin to crack the mystery NOW. `
You can download the software without having to purchase the book. The book, though, will help the reader better understand how the software works, teach them software hacking skills and ultimately aid in its exploitation.
Back story: In six days Chad Davis will testify before Congress on the security, stability, and safety of Advice Software Inc.'s e-vote software. He is a world-renowned expert on software security, and his testimony will decide if the software will be implemented for use during the 2004 United States Presidential Elections. After his speech at an RSA security conference in Amsterdam, he is handed a cryptic CD with what he believes to be information on the software from notorious hacker Baff Lexicon. Soon after, Baff is killed and Davis must uncover the secret of the mysterious CD which contains only three files: a readme file, what appears to be a password-protected decryption program, and an encrypted file. Time is ticking and Davis and his friend from the FBI must use their knowledge of cryptography, buffer overflows, format string vulnerabilities and zero-day exploits to unravel a plot to manipulate the US presidential elections.
Submit your e-vote files to:
contest@mezonicagenda.com
Just attach the file and please include the following information in the body of the e-mail:
Full Name
Address
e-mail address (if different from one sending the file)
Phone Number
Please read the contest rules here to ensure eligibility. If the winner is later deemed ineligible, we will award the prize(s) to the 2nd, 3rd, etc., place entrants.
The Mezonic Agenda: Hacking the Presidency Contest challenges you, the reader, to interact with the book and CD, decrypt its contents, and ultimately control the fate of a mock US Presidential Election. Contestants will attempt to vote for themselves as the winning candidate during our "simulated" election to be held in early 2005. Contestants must use their hacking skills, along with strategy, to manipulate the results of the Mezonic "mock" election. The winner will receive a free pass to the BlackHat 2005 conference in Las Vegas as well as a library of security books from Syngress Publishing. Contest rules and entry form to appear within the next few weeks on this site. You can, however, begin to crack the mystery NOW. `
You can download the software without having to purchase the book. The book, though, will help the reader better understand how the software works, teach them software hacking skills and ultimately aid in its exploitation.
Back story: In six days Chad Davis will testify before Congress on the security, stability, and safety of Advice Software Inc.'s e-vote software. He is a world-renowned expert on software security, and his testimony will decide if the software will be implemented for use during the 2004 United States Presidential Elections. After his speech at an RSA security conference in Amsterdam, he is handed a cryptic CD with what he believes to be information on the software from notorious hacker Baff Lexicon. Soon after, Baff is killed and Davis must uncover the secret of the mysterious CD which contains only three files: a readme file, what appears to be a password-protected decryption program, and an encrypted file. Time is ticking and Davis and his friend from the FBI must use their knowledge of cryptography, buffer overflows, format string vulnerabilities and zero-day exploits to unravel a plot to manipulate the US presidential elections.