Best Talks at 44CON 2024

1. 1

   Entra ID Privilege Escalation to Global Administrator

   Eric Woodruff

   This article delves into a critical security vulnerability discovered in **Entra ID** (formerly Azure Active Directory) that allowed for privilege escalation to **Global Administrator** within a tenant. Presented by Eric Woodruff, a security researcher at Suppress, this talk…

   0 Dr. Zero STRONG ACCEPT ★★★★☆ H Heather Calloway SOLID ★★★☆☆
2. 2

   Threat hunting in the browser

   Luke Jennings

   In this compelling talk, Luke Jennings, VP of R&D at Push Security, articulates a fundamental shift in the cybersecurity landscape: the transition from network and endpoint-centric defenses to an **identity perimeter**. Jennings argues that traditional security tools, such as…

   0 Dr. Zero STRONG ACCEPT ★★★★☆ H Heather Calloway SOLID ★★★☆☆
3. 3

   Unprivileged Containers: Shaving Yaks To Get the Toothpaste Back In the Tube

   Matt Carroll

   Matt Carroll's 44CON talk, "Unprivileged Containers: Shaving Yaks To Get the Toothpaste Back In the Tube," delves into the arduous journey Yelp undertook to secure its containerized development environment. The presentation is a candid recounting of a year-and-a-half-long…

   0 Dr. Zero STRONG ACCEPT ★★★★☆ H Heather Calloway SOLID ★★★☆☆
4. 4

   Bring your own binaries – Train your own Graph Neural Network for Binary Function Search

   Will Lyn

   Will Lyn, Head of Cyber Intelligence at the National Crime Agency (NCA), delivers a compelling talk that shifts the focus from traditional law enforcement's approach to cybercrime to a more dynamic, ecosystem-centric strategy. The presentation, titled "Bring your own binaries –…

   0 Dr. Zero SOLID ★★★☆☆ H Heather Calloway SOLID ★★★☆☆
5. 5

   HL7Magic: Medical Data Hacking Made Easy

   Katie Inns

   This talk, "HL7Magic: Medical Data Hacking Made Easy," presented by Katie Inns, Head of Attack Surface Management at WISecure, delves into the critical and often overlooked vulnerabilities within the healthcare industry's digital infrastructure, specifically focusing on the…

   0 Dr. Zero SOLID ★★★☆☆ H Heather Calloway SOLID ★★★☆☆

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