DefCon

July 18, 2017

THREAT RESEARCH

The Official Talos Guide to BlackHat 2017

It is once again time for Security Summer Camp – the week in July that many of us descend upon Las Vegas for Black Hat and DEFCON. This is your official guide to what Cisco’s Talos Threat Intelligence team is doing at Black Hat 2017. Whether you are looking to catch some great talks, hun…

August 9, 2013

SECURITY

DEFCON 21 Wrapup

My first DEFCON was DEFCON Three, held at the Tropicana Hotel in Las Vegas.  The computer security conference scene was much, much smaller back then, but DEFCON had already become THE security conference of the year. Since that time I’ve continued to regularly attend DEFCON, and over the years…

Hacking Made Easy – Courtesy of IoT

For most of us, technology has become an integral part of our daily lives and promises to become even more prevalent in the near future due to the emerging technological revolution called the Internet of Things (IoT). The number of connected objects now exceeds the world’s human population, and is e…