Blackhat.2015 ((new)) Jun 2026

The most famous presentation involved researchers Charlie Miller and Chris Valasek, who demonstrated how they could remotely hijack a Jeep Cherokee

Hudson and Kovah demonstrated a wormable firmware attack against Apple MacBooks. Unlike traditional malware that lives on the hard drive (and thus is erased by wiping the OS), Thunderstrike 2 wrote itself into the Option ROMs on Thunderbolt devices and the System Management Mode (SMM) of the UEFI BIOS. blackhat.2015

If the keynote set the political stage, the technical briefings shattered the illusion of safety. Black Hat 2015 is perhaps best remembered for a string of demonstrations that proved, once and for all, that physical security is inseparable from digital security. Black Hat 2015 is perhaps best remembered for

Searching for the keyword today yields more than just YouTube playlists and slide decks (though the slides for Thunderstrike 2 are still a recommended read). It yields a roadmap of modern attacks. once and for all