Infosec Decoded #17: First Woman of Pwn2Own

with @djhardb, @infosecirvin, @KaitlynGuru, @sambowne, and Alan Wennersten.

April 9, 2021

Alan Wennersten

National Intelligence Council - Global Trends 2040 - a more contested world Google Is Testing Its Controversial New Ad Targeting Tech in Millions of Browsers. Here’s What We Know. Arm Announces Armv9 Architecture: SVE2, Security, and the Next Decade

Sam Bowne @sambowne

Alisa Esage Шевченко on Twitter: "Official: I won Pwn2Own competition in the Virtualisation category." It's a zero day Hypervisor VM Escape exploit on Mac Someone dropped the bug into disclosure. Lame! Elon Musk’s Neuralink explains how a monkey used its brain-computer tech to play Pong Monkey MindPong on YouTube A skeptic’s take on Neuralink and other consumer neurotech Google beats Oracle in biggest programming copyright Supreme Court case ever

Elizabeth Biddlecome @djhardb

Proctorio's facial recognition is racist. Uninformed Legislators Shoot Down Right To Repair Legislation In Colorado 'Lazy,' 'Money-Oriented,' 'Single Mother': How Union-Busting Firms Compile Dossiers on Employees

Irvin Lemus @infosecirvin

microsoft/CyberBattleSim The Facebook Phone Numbers Are Now Searchable in Have I Been Pwned To cool datacenter servers, Microsoft turns to boiling liquid

Kaitlyn Handelman @KaitlynGuru

Facebook Says It’s Your Fault That Hackers Got Half a Billion User Phone Numbers Muons: 'Strong' evidence found for a new force of nature A new type of battery that can charge ten times faster than a lithium-ion battery created