<p>What if your infrastructure was attacked by a skilled and powerful organization, able to control many zombies all around the world? A real case history will be analyzed, with a long trip through sleepless nights, finishing with a DIY solution using OpenBSD based servers and a bit of cleverness, all of which eventually led to a happy ending.</p>
<p><strong>Alessio “mayhem” Pennasilico</strong> lives and works in Verona (Italy) as a security evangelist for Alba S.T. s.r.l. His personal and working interests are information technology, security issues, open source and digital rights. He is usually a speaker at most of the Italian national events such as SMAU, Infosecurity, E-privacy, Linux Day, OpenCon, OpenEXP, ESC and the Italian HackMeeting. He also holds workshops in secondary schools and Italian universities, with the aim of spreading the culture for an awareness of today’s technology.</p>