Last week I got to go to one of my all-time favorite #BSides
#BSidesAustin 2024!
So many awesome sessions and conversations. I could not see everything but here are some notes:
https://buff.ly/3OPfBS1

Cyber Resilience for 911 Emergency Services
Dennis Maldonado

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Intelligent Response: Merging Threat Intelligence, MDR, and Incident Response for Maximum Impact
Sam Mayers
Jacob Wellnitz
Kelsey O’Connell

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ended up in 6th place at the #BSidesAustin CTF by the time I had to leave for the airport. Not bad considering I haven't actively CTF'd in a long time. This old fart still has a few skills.

All these so-called sophisticated attacks… Can we really detect them?
Michael Gough

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Open-source Secret Scanner: n0s1
Marcelo Sacchetin

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Pipeline Pandemonium: How to Hijack the Cloud and Make it Rain
Blake Hudson

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Security Gaps in the Linux Packaging Supply Chain
Brendan Early

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Lots of interesting ideas at #BSidesAustin on making sure your AI inputs and outputs aren't biased/racist/illegal ... though I wonder how we apply those to AIs that are *required* to be literal with input/output content. For instance, if I'm translating a legal deposition, I don't want the AI re-writing it so it won't run afoul of what's an otherwise sensible and well-intentioned content policy.

Salesforce Snafus: Unveiling and Exploiting Security Misconfigurations Using Commonly Used Widgets
Jessa Gegax

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