Every year, the Black Hat USA Conference—affectionately referred to as “hacker summer camp”—brings together top industry professionals to interact and learn during conference sessions and networking activities. This year, the Threat Intelligence, Mitigations, and Escalations (TIME) Team is looking forward to meeting folks in the LastPass booth (#1374) and demonstrating how to monitor for exposed credentials and prevent authentication-based security incidents. We also are eager to learn from and engage with peers - particularly around this year’s conference’s emphasis on AI and election security.
Artificial Intelligence on the Brain
Artificial intelligence (AI) has become more mainstream and ubiquitous over the last couple years. The TIME team is excited to dive into discussions around the threats this emerging technology poses and how we, as cybersecurity professionals, can harness its power for good. With AI being highlighted as a keynote and as its own track for breakout sessions, there will be many opportunities to explore unique facets of this evolving technology at this year’s Black Hat conference. Black Hat sessions on this topic will provide deep dives on large language model (LLM) security, threat hunting using LLM, generative AI coding, and more. The keynote from Microsoft’s Ann Johnson, Deputy CISO, and Sherrod DeGrippo, Director of Threat Intelligence Strategy, will discuss how threat intelligence shapes security strategy and AI’s role in transforming the security landscape.
The AI Summit taking place separately on the sidelines of Black Hat will also put this topic under a magnifying glass. It should offer attendees a closer look at the use of AI in cybersecurity products and solutions, securing AI applications and models, and how cyberattacks are leveraging AI.
2024 is THE Election Year
2024 is shaping up to be a momentous year with elections taking place in 165 countries globally. More than 50 of these elections will affect half the global population. The outcomes of many of these elections will be consequential in shaping global politics for the next several years. With political contests at the forefront of this year’s so-called “Global Election Super Cycle,” the TIME team is looking forward to hearing from election security experts. Another keynote titled, “Democracy's Biggest Year: The Fight for Secure Elections Around the World keynote,” will feature leaders from the US Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), European Union Agency for Cybersecurity (ENISA), and the UK’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) will feature different perspectives on the challenges to protecting democracy.
Offering Personalized Dark Web Monitoring Workshops
How can you be sure your employees’ and customers’ passwords aren’t out there on the internet? Given the sheer amount of exposed credentials available on the dark web, it’s important now more than ever to have an effective identity and access management strategy. Visit the LastPass Threat Intel Team at Booth 1374 for a deep dive look at dark web monitoring tailored to your specific organization. Enroll in your customized threat briefing here: https://lnkd.in/e4sM8CpG.
Monitoring for exposed credentials is crucial for maintaining the security of your personal and organizational information and is important for several reasons. Receiving early alerting about compromised credentials helps security teams respond quickly before any significant damage is done or even prevent malicious activity from occurring in the first place. You can also prevent account takeover by changing passwords and secure accounts before attackers use exposed credentials.
Here are a few ways you can monitor for exposed credentials:
- Use Security Services: Many services, such as Have I Been Pwned or password managers with breach monitoring features, can alert you if your email or passwords appear in data breaches.
- Regular Security Audits: Conduct regular audits of your accounts to ensure passwords and strong and unique and that security settings are updated.
- Stay Informed: Keep up to date with news on data breaches and security threats affecting services you use.
We look forward to seeing you soon at Black Hat USA 2024!
