THE GREAT BOEING 787 HACK FIGHT OF 2019
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when Ruben Santamarta unveiled his potential attacks on the Boeing 787
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tale, but Max Eddy points out that Santamarta has fully shown his work.
CULT OF THE DEAD COW
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the Original Hacking Supergroup Might Just Save the World. The group used
to be semi-anonymous, going by handles such as Deth Veggie, Dildog, and
Mudge. With the release of the book, they spoke at Black Hat under their real
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this Black Hat; he encountered them three days in a row.
Tuesday night, he jumped into a cab with the group in front of him, which
turned out to be Deth Veggie and the gang. Wednesday, Neil got pulled into an
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there was much rejoicing.
A cavalcade of brilliant hackers has passed through this group. Most are
currently employed with security companies or government agencies. One is
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history of this inspiring bunch of hacktivists.
DETECTING DEEPFAKES WITH MOUTHNET
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Matt Price and Mark Price (no relation) think that it could happen at any time.
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detected, and how to detect them better. On that last point, they created a tool
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than 50 percent of the time, which hopefully bodes well for the future.