AI, election security headline discussions at Black Hat and DEF CON

As promised, Im back this week to recap some of the top stories coming out of Black Hat and DEF CON. Also as promised, AI was the talk of Vegas during Hacker Summer Camp or at least from what Ive been reading and hearing, I wasnt there in person. Several exhibitions and talks at both conferences...

The top stories coming out of the Black Hat cybersecurity conference

Over the next two weeks, two of the largest cybersecurity conferences in the world will take place in Las Vegas: Black Hat and DEF CON. That means product announcements, buzzwords and stories about "X smart appliance could burn your house down!" or something like that. Over the next two weeks, Il...

10 Unknown Security Pitfalls for Python

Python developers trust their applications to have a solid security state due to the use of standard libraries and common frameworks. However, within Python, just like in any other programming language, there are certain features that can be misleading or misused by developers. Often it is only a...

Kicking the Rims – A Guide for Securely Writing and Auditing Chrome Extensions

A Thin Layer of Chrome Extension Security Prior-Art Chrome extension security and methodologies for auditing Chrome extensions for vulnerabilities appears to be a topic with shockingly little prior art. Especially when compared to other platforms such as Electron, which have had extension researc...