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DEF CON offers beginner-level Spot the Fed this year: He'll be on stage giving a keynote
2021-07-26 04:09

DEF CON's "Spot the Fed" game is going to be a little easier than usual this year: the head of the US government's Homeland Security is giving a keynote.

As a main stage speaker this year I can't say I'm terribly excited to be sharing a stage with this man.

While it's not uncommon these days to have government folks at DEF CON, it's usually people with technical chops.

DEF CON and Black Hat are hybrid conferences this year.

The Photoshop giant hasn't said that the flaws are under active attack in the wild, though the timing of the release, so soon after Patch Tuesday, suggests a level of urgency is needed in any case.

"Twitter has made numerous improvements to our security key support over the past year, and we hope to see the usage number grow in the next reporting interval." .


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