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Major Themes in This Yearā€™s Black Hat & DEF CON Conferences

Each year certain trends dominate the security shows. This year wasnā€™t any different and here are the larger themes I have picked up at Black Hat 2018 and DEF CON 26: Hacking Critical Infrastructure (ICS): Presenters covered a wide range of topics related to cyber attacks wreaking havoc on smart cities, airports, industrial control systems […]

The Best Presentations from Black Hat 2018 & DEF CON 26

OK,Ā we had some fun, and now letā€™s get serious. Hereā€™s my list of the presentations I found to be the most interesting and/or educational from last weekā€™s security conferences in Vegas. Favorites 1: Black Hat: Understanding and Exploiting Implanted Medical Devices: Taking the torch from Barnaby Jack, researchers Billy Rios and Jonathan Butts not only […]

Why So Serious? Having Fun With Black Hat and DEF CON Presentation Titles

All of us who attended last weekā€™s trifecta of security events in Las Vegas ā€“ BSides, Black Hat and DEF CON ā€“ deal with serious issues and threats every single day. But that doesnā€™t mean we canā€™t have a bit of fun. A number of presenters came up with clever and funny titles for their […]

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