KEYNOTE: A Brief and Mostly Incorrect History of Fully-Remote Mobile Vulnerabilities

Presented at CanSecWest 2022, May 19, 2022, 9 a.m. (60 minutes)

In recent years, the threat of fully-remote vulnerabilities to mobile devices has become increasingly apparent. But are they really a new phenomenon? This talk describes the history of zero-click mobile vulnerabilities from the days of feature phones to today. Cool bugs await!


Presenters:

  • Natalie Silvanovich - Google
    Natalie Silvanovich is a security researcher on Google Project Zero. Her current focus is messaging applications and video conferencing. Previously, she worked in mobile security on the Android Security Team at Google and as a team lead of the Security Research Group at BlackBerry, where her work included finding security issues in mobile software and improving the security of mobile platforms. Outside of work, Natalie enjoys applying her hacking and reverse engineering skills to unusual targets and has spoken at several conferences on the subject of Tamagotchi hacking.

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