Optiv’s John Ventura will detail a more active approach to intrusion prevention in his Black Hat USA talk. He’ll talk about how design flaws in hacking tools popular among attackers and pen testers can be exploited for intrusion prevention. Red teamers who break into computers need to understand how their tools work, says Ventura. Software written over the course of this research can be used on lightweight hardware to defend against real-world attacks. It’s an effective swap for more expensive “magic box” solutions.”]