HITB2012KUL

By: Weixien Toh

By: Weixien Toh

The HD recording of the iOS / OS X panel discussion that took place at #HITB2012KUL last month has been uploaded to the HITBSecConf YouTube channel.

L33tdawg:If you care about jailbreaks and unlocking, then obviously - DON'T UPGRADE

If you have an Apple device that is capable of running iOS 6, you might have resisted upgrading it after hearing people complain about Apple's new mapping application.

But you ought to have grabbed it with both hands for security reasons: iOS 6 patched a whopping 197 CVE-numbered vulnerabilities in 41 system components, broken down as follows:

Hack In The Box SecConf 2012 Malaysia just celebrated its ten-year mark in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Hack In The Box stages its high-profile hacker conferences in Asia, the Middle East and Europe, bringing together an unusual mix of security professionals, members of the hacker underground, researchers and - yes - law enforcement.

THE Hack In The Box Security Conference in Kuala Lumpur (HITBSecConf2012 or HITB2012KUL) that ran from Oct 10-11 was a fitting monument to the series’ 10th anniversary.
 

Last week’s Hack In The Box Security Conference, HITB’s Ten Years In The Box celebration, saw the return of over 40 of the most popular speakers from the last decade presenting in a triple track format over 2 days.

Security insights into Huawei routers, a last minute non appearance by founders of The Pirate Bay, a live streamed iOS security panel comprising members of the world famous jailbreak ‘Dream Team’ and USD60,000 awarded for a successful bypass of Google’s Chrome browser resulted in Hack In The Box ‘trending’

L33tdawg: For more details on Pinkie Pie's exploit as well as insight to Google's bug bounty program, take a look at Chris Evan's presentation slides from #HITB2012KUL

L33tdawg: The presentation slides from Felix's talk is here

Security researcher Felix "FX" Lindner has a more compelling reason to steer clear of routers from Huawei Technologies than fears about its ownership.

While the company blasted for its opaque relationship with China's government in a U.S. intelligence report released Monday, a bigger worry for some is what's inside its routers.

A security industry veteran has criticised telecommunications equipment vendors for supressing knowledge of vulnerabilities that could result in hundreds of millions of dollars worth of network outages.

In a presentation to Hack In The Box Malaysia (pdf), P1 Security director Philippe Langlois described how a single malformed network packet could disable a carrier's GSM subscriber database.