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Black Hat Hypocrisy: Infosec Pros Caught in Their Own Security Slip-Ups
At the Black Hat conference, security experts showed they too can be the worst at their own game. James Pope observed glaring security gaffes, including clear-text data and VPN leaks. It turns out, even infosec pros need to practice what they preach.
Hot Take:
Black Hat, where the sharpest minds in cybersecurity gather to… leave their passwords unencrypted and their VPNs leaky. It’s like a vegan conference where everyone sneaks off for burgers!
Key Points:
- Security professionals at Black Hat made numerous basic security errors.
- Clear-text data, including emails and passwords, was visible on the network.
- An unnamed commercial VPN was leaking GPS coordinates of users.
- 2.65 million threats were detected over the five-day event.
- The event highlighted the difficulty of maintaining cybersecurity, even among experts.
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