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DEF CON 2019: MacOS Gets a Malware Beatdown in Attack Demo

Patrick Wardle proves that signature-based anti-malware protection on Macs is woefully inadequate when fending off modern attacks. LAS VEGAS – On Friday, Mac security researcher Patrick Wardle showed ...
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DEF CON 2019: New Class of SQLite Exploits Open Door to iPhone Hack

Researchers exploit a SQLite memory corruption issue outside of a browser. LAS VEGAS – Researchers at Check Point have identified a new class of vulnerabilities targeting SQLite, outside the context ...
TechCrunch

What security pros need to know from Black Hat & Def Con 2019

Black Hat and Def Con came and went as quickly as it ever does. The week-long pair of back-to-back conferences, referred to as “hacker summer camp,” draws in the security crowd from across the world ...
AppleInsider

Apple's iOS Contacts app claimed to be vulnerable to SQLite hack

Researchers at security conference Def Con 2019 demonstrated a method of exploiting regular database searches to produce malicious results, and used Apple's standard iOS Contacts app to prove it.
NPR

Election Security Tested At Def Con

Thousands of hackers are gathered this weekend for the Def Con conference in Las Vegas. On their list of things to hack: voting equipment. One of the largest gatherings of hackers in the world is ...
The Washington Post

Hackers were told to break into U.S. voting machines. They didn’t have much trouble.

LAS VEGAS — As Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) toured the Voting Village on Friday at Def Con, the world’s hacker conference extraordinaire, a roomful of hackers applied their skills to voting equipment in an ...