Empire Hacking, a New Meetup in NYC

Summary: Trail of Bits is launching Empire Hacking, a bi-monthly, invitation-only security meetup held from 6-9pm at its headquarters on the second Tuesday of even months under Chatham House Rule. The inaugural June 9th session features talks by Chris Rohlf of Yahoo on scale in vulnerability research and fuzzing, Dr. Byron Cook of University College London on tools for automatically proving program termination, and Trail of Bits' Nick DePetrillo on reliable large-scale cellular baseband exploitation.
Why it matters: The format is built around research people won't present publicly - ongoing work and internal projects discussed under Chatham House Rule - so the candid version of what peers are finding circulates only among the 150-plus attendees who show up in person.

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Topics: Vulnerabilities & Patching
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