EVENTS

Now in its 27th year, Black Hat USA returns to the Mandalay Bay Convention Center in Las Vegas with a 6-day program. The event will open with four days of specialized cybersecurity Trainings (August 3-8), with courses for all skill levels. The two-day main conference (August 7-8) will feature more than 100 selected Briefings, dozens of open-source tool demos in Arsenal, a robust Business Hall, networking and social events, and much more.

THE hacker convention – the first DEF CON took place in June 1993 and today many attendees at DEF CON include computer security professionals, journalists, lawyers, federal government employees, security researchers, students, and hackers with a general interest in software, computer architecture, hardware modification, conference badges, and anything else that can be “hacked”. The event consists of several tracks of speakers about computer- and hacking-related subjects, as well as cyber-security challenges and competitions (known as hacking wargames). Contests held during the event are extremely varied and can range from creating the longest Wi-Fi connection to finding the most effective way…

Check out Alejo Moles Ramos’, IOA Senior Security Consultant’s, tool talk at this year’s Black Hat in Las Vegas. ‘PinguCrew’ is a web-based fuzzer platform that allows security researchers to test their software for vulnerabilities in a scalable and efficient manner. PinguCrew runs the tests on the user’s own machines, giving them full control over the fuzzing process. This allows for more customization and flexibility, as users can set up their own testing environments with their desired configurations and testing parameters.

IOAsis is back online in Las Vegas! Join us August 9 – 10 at the IOActive exclusive event ‘Speakeasy in the Sky’ at Horseshoe Las Vegas. We are excited to welcome our VIPs to relax, enjoy some complimentary food, and attend exclusive talks. Please register to request an invitation: https://info.ioactive.com/acton/media/34793/ioasis-advanced-registration-2024 This Year’s Featured Talks & Events *Talk times & topics are subject to change. All times are in PT. Friday, August 9 Talks 11:00am…

Check out this Official DEF CON talk from Enrique Nissim, Principal Security Consultant at IOActive, and Krzysztof Okupski, Associate Principal Security Consultant at IOActive, “AMD Sinkclose: Universal Ring-2 Privilege Escalation.”System Management Mode (SMM) is one of the most powerful execution modes in the x86 architecture and code at this level is invisible to the Hypervisor and OS-level protections, including anti-cheat engines and anti-virus systems. While the BIOS ecosystem’s complexity has led to a multitude of vulnerabilities in firmware over time, vendors are now making strides in delivering patches with…