Homeland Security Courses

Black Hat

Quantified Self - A Path to Self-Enlightenment or Just a Security Nightmare

Explore the security risks and privacy concerns of Quantified Self technology, including data leaks, tracking vulnerabilities, and best practices for protecting personal information.

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

Black Hat

Bypassing HTTP Strict Transport Security

Explore vulnerabilities in HTTP Strict Transport Security (HSTS) and learn how attackers can exploit inter-operation weaknesses to bypass this protection and launch SSLStrip attacks.

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

Black Hat

Why Control System Cyber-Security Sucks

Explores challenges in industrial control system cybersecurity, critiquing current approaches and advocating for a paradigm shift towards standardized IT practices and people-centric solutions.

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

Black Hat

The Big Chill - Legal Landmines that Stifle Security Research and How to Disarm Them

Legal challenges and risks in security research: exploring laws, cases, and potential solutions to protect researchers while promoting cybersecurity advancements.

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

Black Hat

Badger - The Networked Security State Estimation Toolkit

Toolkit for estimating network security state using CPTL framework. Imports monitoring data, provides configurable scoring, and offers graphical view of security elements.

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

Black Hat

Researching Android Device Security with the Help of a Droid Army

Explore Android device security using a diverse cluster to tackle fragmentation, enhance auditing, and improve exploit development techniques.

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

Black Hat

Creating a Spider Goat - Security with Intel CPU Transactional Memory Support

Explore how Intel CPU's Transactional Synchronisation Extension can enhance security by detecting and reversing unauthorized memory changes, with practical scenarios and demonstrations.

• YouTube
• 1 hour
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk

Black Hat

Stay Out of the Kitchen - A DLP Security Bake-Off

Explore flaws in Data Loss Prevention solutions, including administrative interfaces and inspection engines. Learn about vulnerabilities in DLP systems and their potential for bypass.

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

Black Hat

Point of Sale System Architecture and Security

Explore POS system architecture, integrated payment processing, and security vulnerabilities. Learn attack vectors and mitigation strategies to protect businesses from financial breaches.

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

Black Hat

Pulling Back the Curtain on Airport Security - Can a Weapon Get Past TSA?

Explore airport security systems, their inner workings, and potential vulnerabilities. Learn about checkpoint configurations, threat detection technologies, and discovered weaknesses in modern security procedures.

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

Black Hat

Breaking the Security of Physical Devices

Explore vulnerabilities in everyday devices like cars and home alarms. Learn about eavesdropping, replay attacks, and code analysis techniques to understand and mitigate security risks in physical systems.

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

Black Hat

Privacy-by-Design for the Security Practitioner

Learn essential privacy-by-design principles and techniques for security practitioners, enhancing your ability to protect user data and implement robust privacy measures in systems and applications.

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

Black Hat

JS Suicide - Using JavaScript Security Features to Kill JS Security

Explore JavaScript security features and their potential vulnerabilities, uncovering how these protective measures can be exploited to compromise web application security.

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

Black Hat

Let's Get Physical - Breaking Home Security Systems and Bypassing Controls

Explore covert methods to bypass home and office security systems, including intercepting signals and manipulating keypads, with live demonstrations of vulnerabilities in digital physical security.

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

Black Hat

Clickjacking Revisited - A Perceptual View of UI Security

Explores UI security vulnerabilities from a perceptual perspective, presenting novel attacks that bypass current defenses and discussing potential countermeasures and their limitations.

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