Conference Talks

Devoxx

Six Principles for Building Fault Tolerant Microservices on the JVM

Six field-tested principles for building fault-tolerant networked applications, from bounded queues and circuit breakers to graceful failure and monitoring.

• YouTube
• 50 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk

Devoxx

The Never-Ending REST API Design Debate

A debate on designing clean, elegant REST APIs, weighing choices for resource paths, versioning, responses, pagination, status codes, and authentication.

• YouTube
• 59 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk

Devoxx

Why Clojure?

A look at how Clojure’s STM, concurrency primitives, channels, and transducers support productive functional programming in real-world applications.

• YouTube
• 38 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk

Docker

Building Microservices with gRPC

See how gRPC supports interoperable, high-performance microservices, from streaming and protocol buffers to service discovery, load balancing, and production monitoring.

• YouTube
• 22 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk

Black Hat

Simple Spyware - Androids Invisible Foreground Services and How to Abuse Them

Examines how Android foreground services can enable spyware to collect sensitive data despite the permission model, and presents user defenses and detection ideas.

• YouTube
• 25 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk

Black Hat

Process Injection Techniques - Gotta Catch Them All

A comprehensive survey of Windows 10 x64 process injection techniques between running medium-integrity processes without privilege elevation.

• YouTube
• 49 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk

Black Hat

Detecting Malicious Files with YARA Rules as They Traverse the Network

Shows how to use Zeek and custom scripts to extract network files and scan targeted MIME types with YARA for early malware detection.

• YouTube
• 20 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk

Black Hat

Malware Buried Deep Down the SPI Flash - Sednit's First UEFI Rootkit Found in the Wild

An investigation of Sednit’s UEFI rootkit campaign, exposing malware hidden in SPI flash and evidence of real-world BIOS-level compromise.

• YouTube
• 50 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk

Black Hat

WireGuard - Next Generation Secure Network Tunnel

Explore WireGuard, a high-performance VPN protocol designed around modern cryptography, abuse resistance, and implementation simplicity.

• YouTube
• 51 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk

LASCON

OAuth vs. SAML vs. OpenID Connect

Compare OAuth, SAML, and OpenID Connect to clarify their differences and choose suitable protocols for federated identity and single sign-on.

• YouTube
• 33 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk

Strange Loop Conference

Python Performance Matters

Explore Python’s performance challenges and Scalene, a fast CPU, GPU, and memory profiler that provides accurate, actionable insights for optimizing Python programs.

• YouTube
• 39 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk

Strange Loop Conference

Programmable Ink

Explore innovative research prototypes combining stylus computing with dynamic behavior, merging the intimacy of ink with computational power for enhanced idea exploration and creative expression.

• YouTube
• 36 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk

Strange Loop Conference

The Secure Software Supply Chain

Live demonstrations show how to use tools to secure software supply chains and rethink how software is written and shipped.

• YouTube
• 49 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk

Strange Loop Conference

Expert Software Developers' Approach to Error

Research-based insights into how expert software developers and high-performing teams turn errors into better software.

• YouTube
• 50 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk

Strange Loop Conference

Outperforming Imperative with Pure Functional Languages

See how pure functional languages can outperform imperative ones, from network behavior down to individual CPU instructions.

• YouTube
• 35 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk