What do brain computer interfaces, macOS PKGs, and police speed guns all have in common? They're all the topics of security presentations we saw on the second day of  DEFCON! Last week the WatchGuard Threat Lab team attended the Black Hat and DEFCON security conferences, which are two of the best security research conferences every year. To share the experience, Marc Laliberte … [Read more...]

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...]

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...]

Last week, the WatchGuard Threat Lab team was in Las Vegas attending the Black Hat and DEFCON security conferences. In my opinion, these are two of the best cybersecurity research conferences every year. We highly recommend you try to attend them yourself if you can, but if not we’ll bring a taste to you. For the next four days, Marc Laliberte and I summarize some of the best … [Read more...]