Every year, thousands of hackers and security researchers from around the world descend on Las Vegas to attend the annual Black Hat security conference. The conference boasts top notch security presentations from industry leaders – often centered on breaking computer security. Although many of the presentations are on breaking things, most of the attendees and presenters are in fact using the knowledge for good – to design more secure software, better secure their organization, or fix the security problems pointed out by the researchers.
For me this year, one particular presentation stood out as important in the future of antimalware protection. Karsten Nohl and Jokob Lell from SRLabs took to the stage in a packed hall to discuss attacks that can be carried out by computer accessories
more here..........http://blogs.technet.com/b/mmpc/archive/2014/09/02/usb-firmware-an-upcoming-threat-for-home-and-enterprise-users.aspx
For me this year, one particular presentation stood out as important in the future of antimalware protection. Karsten Nohl and Jokob Lell from SRLabs took to the stage in a packed hall to discuss attacks that can be carried out by computer accessories
more here..........http://blogs.technet.com/b/mmpc/archive/2014/09/02/usb-firmware-an-upcoming-threat-for-home-and-enterprise-users.aspx