At Black Hat 2024, SafeBreach researcher Alon Leviev revealed a “Downdate” technique that manipulates the Windows update mechanism to roll back the operating system and critical components to vulnerable older versions, exposing numerous historic flaws and enabling potential full system compromise.
The article examines the controversy sparked by Google’s VP withdrawing from Black Hat USA 2020 and the push for neutral terminology in cybersecurity, exploring historical origins, community reactions, and recent industry changes toward inclusive language.
This article details Meituan Security's Black Hat 2018 presentation on a fully automated, Raspberry‑Pi‑based iOS malware hunting pipeline that crawls App Store apps, cracks DRM, runs dynamic sandbox analysis with Frida, and uses a Nools decision engine to detect advanced threats at scale.
A recent ZeroFOX experiment showed an AI system sending malicious tweets far faster than humans, prompting Elon Musk to highlight the growing threat of AI‑driven hacking, while security experts at Black Hat predict widespread AI weaponization in the near future.
