The last few weeks have been buzzing with several conferences held in London. I had the opportunity to attend the following in November:
To kick start December, we have the annual Black Hat Europe held at the Excel London. With the Elizabeth line now operational, it makes getting to the venue so much easier.
I love the hallway tracks at any event, but I also love to target the broad range of talks to expand and widen my exposure to this complex security domain. Here are a few I would like to share:
Keynote - Our Kryptonite: A Defendable Internet
Daniel Cuthbert is very active and a leading figure in security, so what a great way to kick off the event with him reflecting on the talk delivered by Thomas Dullien (aka @halvarflake) titled “Why We Are Not Building a Defendable Internet” and exploring where should we be heading going forward.
Fail Harder: Finding Critical 0-Days in Spite of Ourselves
Most talks focus on the happy path of finding 0-Days, but what about all the other attempts which did not work? In this talk, Douglas McKee and Philippe Laulheret will share the challenges they faced, and the numerous attempts tried before unlocking their achievement.
Back-connect to the Connected Car. Search for Vulnerabilities in the VW Electric Car.
Everything is code, everything is connected seems to reflect the modern world. Electric cars are now a new frontier for security researchers and attackers. The team from NavInfo walks us through their penetration testing journey against the Volkswagen EVs.
Confidence in Chaos: Strategies for World-Class Security Operations
Shifting left is all the rage over the last few years, but security operations are still very important. It has been a good few years since I have worked in this space, so looking forward to digesting some of the latest insights from this talk to play a bit of catch-up.
Scammers Who Scam Scammers, Hackers Who Hack Hackers: Exploring a Hidden Sub-economy on Cybercrime Forums and Marketplaces
Understanding or gaining insight into the dark world of adversary is always fascinating. This presentation seems to share another layer of complexity. Should be a fun talk.
There are quite a few more talks on my hit list, but people love top 5 and top 10 lists 🤓. If you will be attending do look out for me even just to say hi.
