Arbitrary code execution, I choose you!

Presented at Kiwicon 2038AD: The Dystopic Future is Now (2018), Nov. 17, 2018, 2 p.m. (15 minutes)

Did you hear about the arbitrary code execution hardware vulnerability in the Nintendo Switch discovered earlier in the year ?

Pretty major fail by Nintendo, huh? In this talk we’re going to delve into this vulnerability in more detail and look at some other notorious home console security fails over the years from Nintendo, Sega, et al.


Presenters:

  • Sarah Young
    Sarah is a security architect based in Melbourne who has previously lived and worked in New Zealand, the UK and Europe. In her current role, Sarah helps enterprises move their stuff into the cloud securely. She spends most of her spare time speaking at security conferences in various parts of the world, eating hipster brunches and/or high teas and spending a disproportionate amount of her income on travel. She is still holding out hope that - despite the obvious blockers - either Justin Trudeau or Prince Harry will become her husband one day.

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