Black Hat 2016 Updates – Latest Security Researchers and Hackers Convention Highlights
Black Hat 2016 featured the good and the bad about security, hacking and technology.
Las Vegas, NV was the host of the recent Black Hat USA 2016. Black Hat is a convention for security researchers and hackers with the mission of studying the latest security threats. The gathering also featured experts that can hack attendees randomly and can create threats that can affect good guys and bad.
The 2016 convention highlighted serious attacks, car hacks, techniques on how to steal from ATMs and the truth behind smart light bulbs to name a few. There were also several issues addressed like how to check out dangerous servers, iPhone security and teaching employees how to deal with threats in the workplace. Here is a roundup of what happened at Black Hat 2016.
Bug bounty program from Apple and other threats vanquished
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The Internet of Things has made it easier to use different home appliances, devices and equipment by simply controlling through a smartphone, iPhone or Android phone. This was one of the best highlights of Black Hat.
- Apple has started a bug bounty program to protect their users' devices.
- Philip's Hue system worm attack from one light bulb to another is possible and may be used to join a hacker's network.
- Business security training starts from preventing employees from checking out emails from unknown sources.
- Teaching machines to identify threats and prevent bad guys from controlling infected computers.
- Ways to avoid scam phone calls; a two-part test was provided to help people spot scams
Pwnie Express monitoring system and other "bad" things
A monitoring system to locate malicious threats in the web has been created by Pwnie Express and because of this, a Man-in-the-Middle attack at the Black Hat 2016 was discovered which affected some 35,000 people. Her are more "bad" highlights of this year's event:
- Car hacking attacks were presented from nav control of the steering wheels to more daring techniques.
- Infecting computers by using USB drives.
- Drones can be used to affect industrial wireless networks, employee spying and more.
- How using a hotels' free Wi-Fi exposes users to a lot of security threats.
- Existing massive network of compromised ATMs, gas pumps and point of sale machines which are designed to steal personal, credit and banking information.
- How information hacked from chip card transactions was possible.
