With polymorphic malware, quick-turn domains and turn-on-a-dime attack tactics, most security professionals are looking for real-time intelligence to enable protection that is as close to zero-day as possible. Finding a threat anywhere around the globe and then immediately blasting out a definition or identifying an artifact is high on the cybersecurity wish list.

Dark Reading and Forbes, among various other sources, have recently reported that Windows computers using the hardware encryption feature of many different types of solid-state drives (SSDs) are vulnerable to attacks that defeat it completely. These vulnerabilities, discovered by Radboud University researchers Carlo Meijer and Bernard van Gastel, affect multiple models including some made by the popular brands Crucial and Samsung.

451 Research, a global research advisory firm, recently published their first market insight report covering osquery. The report, “Uptycs emerges from stealth betting on SQL-based osquery for upending endpoint security” acknowledges the growing impact the universal open source agent is having in the security market. 

Quenching your thirst in the desert is a major challenge, but seeing everything at BSides Las Vegas and Black Hat is even more difficult.

While I am there every year, hydrating, I try to take note of the innovation I see. Luckily, the Black Hat team has named Innovation City to make it a little easier on me, so I started there and walked the full business hall to ask questions and listen. This year, I took note of a few key themes.