Homeland Security Courses

Black Hat

Confidence in Chaos - Strategies for World-Class Security Operations

Actionable strategies for enhancing cybersecurity operations in dynamic environments, focusing on threat intelligence, data collection, and analyst workflow optimization to address evolving challenges.

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

Black Hat

Fuzzing and Breaking Security Functions of SIMATIC PLCs

Explore techniques for cracking TLS protocols, conducting security protocol fuzzing, and analyzing vulnerabilities in Siemens S7-1500/S7-1200 PLCs, with practical demonstrations of exploiting and controlling these industrial devices.

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

Black Hat

Grand Theft Drone - Reaching Breaking Point in Drone Proprietary RF Link Security

Explore vulnerabilities in drone remote control systems, focusing on proprietary protocols and their security implications. Learn about potential risks and the importance of open design principles in drone technology.

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

Black Hat

JS-ON - Security-OFF - Abusing JSON-Based SQL Queries

Explore security risks in SQL databases with JSON features. Learn about potential vulnerabilities and hacking techniques for JSON-based queries in major database engines.

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

Black Hat

Harm Reduction - A Framework for Effective & Compassionate Security Guidance

Explore harm reduction principles in cybersecurity, challenging traditional approaches. Learn pragmatic strategies for effective risk management, reducing costs, and mitigating practitioner burnout.

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

Black Hat

Scaling the Security Researcher to Eliminate OSS Vulnerabilities Once and For All

Explore automated security vulnerability detection and fixing in open-source software, including techniques like OpenRewrite and control flow analysis for efficient, large-scale remediation.

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

Black Hat

From Hackathon to Hacked - Web3's Security Journey

Explore Web3 and blockchain security challenges, examining the risks of emerging tech, high-stakes environments, and immutable transactions. Learn about current vulnerabilities and potential solutions.

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

Black Hat

The Firmware Supply-Chain Security Is Broken - Can We Fix It?

Explores firmware supply chain vulnerabilities, outsourcing risks, and security gaps in hardware products. Discusses challenges in fixing known issues and proposes solutions for improved threat modeling and security.

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

Black Hat

Measure Security Effectively

Learn strategies to quantify cybersecurity effectiveness, determine ROI, and communicate results from the security trenches to the boardroom, addressing a key industry challenge.

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

Black Hat

How We Can Power Real Security Machine Learning Progress Through Open Algorithms and Benchmarks

Explore the need for transparency in security machine learning, discussing challenges, benefits, and strategies for fostering openness to drive real progress in the field.

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

Black Hat

Hardware Security Module - Executing Unsigned Code in HSM TEE

Explore a novel attack on HSM digital signature verification, enabling execution of unsigned code in protected environments. Insights applicable to similar systems.

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

Black Hat

Legal Pitfalls to Avoid in Security Incidents

Explore real-world examples of lawyer-security professional collaboration during security incidents, focusing on legal pitfalls and effective communication strategies.

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

Black Hat

Demystify AI Security Products With a Universal Pluggable XAI Translator

Explore a universal XAI translator to evaluate AI-powered security products, bridging research and practice for informed decision-making in the rapidly evolving field of AI security.

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

Black Hat

HPE iLO5 Firmware Security - Go Home Cryptoprocessor, You're Drunk!

Explore vulnerabilities in HPE Gen10 servers' iLO5 management technology, focusing on the "silicon root of trust" and its implications for server security.

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

Nvidia

CUDA Toolkit 12.2 - New Accelerated Computing and Security Enhancements

Explore CUDA 12.2's new features: Hopper GPU support, confidential computing, heterogeneous memory management, and MPS prioritization enhancements for efficient, secure, and accelerated application development.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 7 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video