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  1. 3d ago

    Fromage-Gate: Old-School Hacking Tactics vs. French Supermarkets

    Who You See Daniel Cuthbert LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/daniel-cuthbert0xX: https://x.com/dcuthbertThe Grugq LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/grugq/X: https://x.com/thegrugq Show Notes Grain of rice Shorthand in the community for sensational, unproven hardware backdoor claims.   Referenced Talks Remote Exploitation of an Unaltered Passenger Vehicle Charlie Miller and Chris ValasekBlack Hat USA 2015https://youtu.be/MAcHkASmXEc?si=3X3jnzCBIS1155i1 MIDImorphosis - Exploiting a Windows 11 Privilege Escalation Vulnerability with a Teensy USB Device Andy Davis Black Hat Europe 2026  https://blackhat.com/europe/briefings/schedule/#midimorphosis---exploiting-a-windows-11-privilege-escalation-vulnerability-with-a-teensy-usb-device-56526    Phantom Bytes: A Complete Taxonomy of Linux Memory Attacks Against Modern EDR Yuan Zhang Black Hat Europe 2026 https://blackhat.com/europe/briefings/schedule/#phantom-bytes-a-complete-taxonomy-of-linux-memory-attacks-against-modern-edr-56754   Defeating Forensic Analysis on Unix Thaddeus GrugqPhrack Magazine 2002https://phrack.org/issues/59/defeating-forensic-analysis-on-unix#article   Remote Exec Thaddeus GrugqPhrack Magazine 2004https://phrack.org/issues/62/remote-exec#article   Vivisection of an Exploit Development Process: What To Do When It's Not Easy David AitelBlack Hat Europe 2023https://blackhat.com/archive/europe/2003/bh-europe-03-speakers.html#David%20Aitel   Professional Source Code Auditing Mark Dowd, Halvar Flake, Nishad Herath, Neel Mehta, and Chris SpencerBlack Hat USA 2002 https://youtu.be/YceCSBLlelQ?si=C8qhb2M9GcTA-AGt  Why We are Not Building a Defendable Internet Halvar Flake Black Hat Asia 2017 Keynote https://youtu.be/PLJJY5UFtqY?si=nesqa__4D0KQJAzl 00:00 Intro00:14 Fromage-Gate with The Grugq01:28 Industry Lag Since 199004:42 Cheesecake Factory- Early Script Kiddie Era07:03 Curiosity vs Monetization12:36 Reflections on the Early Hacking Community16:01 LLMs Lowering the Barrier, Misuse- Ty & Calif, Anthropic18:27 Absorptive Capacity- What Can be Weaponized 21:44 Notable Black Hat EU Research24:34 Historical Research Worth Revisiting 39:54 Closing and Call to Action

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The latest cybersecurity news broken down by industry experts. Hosted by Daniel Cuthbert, Senior Security Researcher and long-standing Black Hat Review Board member.