The two most important security conferences in the world are held in Las Vegas during the same week, gathering more than 15,000 attendees and offering dozens of talks. The most relevant talk this year on mobile was Charlie Millers talk on NFC (near field communication) hacking tricks. The presence of Feds during DefCon and BlackHat definitely is not a surprise. However this year the approach was quite different. General Keith B. Alexander, the Commander of the US Army CyberCom, addressed the audience at DefCon asking for help and urging responsible conduct to all the attendees. Shawn Henry, the FBI director of cyberespionage gave the.”]
Source: https://securelist.com/5-takeaways-from-las-vegas/33824/