Thursday, March 15
TOP STORY
Talk around CanSecWest, at least in the Pwn2Own corridor, is the absence of top researchers from China (read more). Cyberscoop’s Patrick Howell O’Neill is live-tweeting the Pwn2Own competition, with the master of pwn to be crowned tonight.
TWEET OF THE DAY
Success! Samuel Groß (@5aelo) manages to pop calc and brings back his trademark touchbar finesse. Now off to the disclosure room for confirmation and vendor notification. - @thezdi
OTHER ARTICLES WE’RE READING
Matthew Garrett’s thoughts on the AMD Flaws
Let's Encrypt wildcard certificates and ACMEv2 are available (slightly delayed thanks to Frans)
Icebreaker: your Active Directory party credentials tool
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