Common Ground·46 min
Candid Wuest
Assesses whether agentic AI malware is already a real threat, with a PowerShell proof of concept and defender takeaways.
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Browse DEF CON 34Las Vegas, USA · August 2025 · 17 talks
Common Ground talks from BSides Las Vegas 2025.
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Common Ground·46 min
Candid Wuest
Assesses whether agentic AI malware is already a real threat, with a PowerShell proof of concept and defender takeaways.
Common Ground·45 min
Blake Hudson · Caleb Sargent
Shows how built-in tools and misconfigurations let attackers disable Zscaler and Microsoft Defender protections.
Common Ground·47 min
Klaus Agnoletti · Glen Sorensen
Shows how role-playing game mechanics can make incident response tabletop exercises more engaging and memorable.
Common Ground·21 min
Brian Baskin
Shows how to peel, clean, and reapply laptop stickers without ruining them or losing what they signal.
Common Ground·34 min
Mauro Eldritch
Shows how an educational ransomware locks NFC bioimplants, covering memory layout, password handling and a decryptor.
Common Ground·26 min
Avinash Nutalapati
Explains how EPSS, CVSSv4, SSVC and VEX can be combined to cut vulnerability triage noise.
Common Ground·21 min
Shows how to rank security risks by business impact and threat context rather than by headlines or CVSS scores.
Common Ground·30 min
Phil Young
Explains how to structure a conference call for papers, from titles and abstracts to outlines and bios.
Common Ground·47 min
Alex Thines
Walks through choosing boards, languages and parts for building your own small Wi-Fi and IoT gadgets.
Common Ground·21 min
Jerry Gamblin
Examines gaps in CVE record quality, from missing weakness, product and patch data to a new CNA scorecard.
Common Ground·24 min
Kat Traxler
Compares provider-managed non-human identities across AWS, Google Cloud and Microsoft, and where each one is vulnerable.
Common Ground·34 min
Keya Arestad
Weighs commercial security tools against open-source threat intelligence, with a walkthrough of the MISP sharing platform.
Common Ground·18 min
Mehmet Sencan
Shows how physically destroying GPUs with detonators can deny attackers key extraction and chip reuse.
Common Ground·46 min
Logan Arkema
Makes the case that information security workers can build collective power through unions, and outlines practical steps to organize.
Common Ground·45 min
Amit Serper · Travis Low
Shows how "what if" attacks on a Kubernetes cluster can disrupt DNS, exfiltrate secrets through webhooks, and enumerate services quietly.
Common Ground·45 min
Mea Clift
Breaks down what cyber insurance covers, how underwriting and claims work, and how businesses can partner with carriers.