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Two-factor authentication, the added security step that requires people enter a code sent to their phone or email, has traditionally worked to keep usernames and passwords safe from phishing attacks.

However, security experts have demonstrated an automated phishing attack that can cut through that added layer of security—also called 2FA—potentially tricking unsuspecting users into sharing their private credentials.

Researchers have found a new way to defeat the boot verification process for some Intel-based systems, but the technique can also impact other platforms and can be used to compromise machines in a stealthy and persistent way.

Researchers Peter Bosch and Trammell Hudson presented a time-of-check, time-of-use (TOCTOU) attack against the Boot Guard feature of Intel's reference Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) implementation at the Hack in the Box conference in Amsterdam this week.

Op 9 en 10 mei wordt in de Beurs van Berlage (Amsterdam) de ‘Haxpo’ georganiseerd, een gratis toegankelijke expositie voor iedereen die geïnteresseerd is in (cyber)security, privacy en technologie.

De bekende IT-beveiligingsconferentie ‘Hack in the Box’ wordt dit jaar voor de tiende keer in Amsterdam georganiseerd. Daarom is er – naast de gebruikelijke conferentie – een gratis expositie waar bezoekers de hackerscultuur door de jaren heen zien en kennis kunnen maken met de komende ontwikkelingen in de securityindustrie.

Taking place across 5 days from the 6th till the 10th of May 2019, HITBSecConf2019 Amsterdam is one of the most prestigious cybersecurity events in Europe. With the event celebrating a decade of excellence, we took this opportunity to sit down with Dhillon Andrew Kannabhiran, the Founder and CEO of Hack in The Box, to talk about this year’s conference.

HITB Haxpo is a free and open to public exposition for everyone interested in hacking, security, privacy and technology.

Organized by the same folks who run the HITB Security Conference, HITB Haxpo is where the latest technology is showcased, the best hackers are gathered and where art of the hack is celebrated.

L33tdawg: We are super proud to be listed for the third year in a row! See you guys at #HITB2019AMS! 

With 2018 in the rear-view mirror, the information security industry is now fully invested in 2019. The new year will no doubt present its fair share of challenging digital security threats. But so too will the year enable infosec professionals to discuss shared difficulties at conferences and summits.