The Black Hat conference has ended, but that means the start of DEFCON! Of the two security conferences, DEFCON is much more laid back and less business. It tends to attract a wider and younger hacker community, and researchers figuratively let their hair down, sometimes releasing more exploit code and proof-of-concepts. Besides that, DEFCON includes many hacking competitions … [Read more...]
Def Con 27 Recap – Day 1
Welcome back to The 443 – Security Simplified. With Black Hat 2019 all wrapped up, on this episode we move on to Def Con 27, another security conference hosted every summer in Las Vegas. In this episode, we’ll cover our favorite talks and takeaways from the first day of the conference. … [Read more...]
Signs You’ve Been Hacked!
By now most should be familiar with computer infections and understanding what that means, despite the technical details being foreign as to how the infection works. What I mean is if you see the familiar “Your files have been encrypted” or have been getting undesired notifications claiming you’ve been infected, then we should be on the same page. But not all malware blatantly … [Read more...]
Black Hat Briefings 2019: Day 2 – Security Byte
This week, the Threat Lab team is at Black Hat and DEFCON, picking up the latest research at two of the best security conferences all year. To share the love, Marc Laliberte and I summarize the presentations we saw each day, so you might get a taste of the show and some of the new threats researchers have discovered. In today’s recap, we summarize a talk about Apple device … [Read more...]
Black Hat 2019 Recap – Day 2
Welcome back to another special edition of The 443 – Security Simplified, (almost) live from Last Vegas! In this episode, we recap the second and final day of the Black Hat 2019 security conference. We'll cover some of our favorite talks and takeaways from the conference before transitioning to the Def Con conference tomorrow! … [Read more...]
