David Bombal

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Your license plate could reveal more than you think. Flock cameras, vehicle tracking and OSINT can turn information about your car into clues about where you live and your daily routines.

I’m joined by an OSINT expert to discuss how vehicle information can be connected with public records, why surveillance raises privacy concerns and what happens when people trust an incorrect license plate match.

He shares his experiences of locating a missing car after a police search came up short and investigating a hit-and-run using a partial plate and publicly available
information.

We discuss:
• Flock cameras and vehicle identification beyond license plates
• How vehicle data can expose patterns in your movements
• License plate recognition errors and the importance of verification
• How public records can connect a vehicle to a person
• The risks of surveillance access being abused
• Privacy measures, their limitations and the need for accountability
• DeFlock and community scrutiny of surveillance cameras

How much can someone discover about you from the information you leave exposed?

// Mishaal Kahn’s SOCIALS //
LinkedIn: / mish-aal
Website: https://www.mishaalkhan.com/
Tool created: https://www.operationprivacy.com/

// David's SOCIAL //
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// MENU //
0:00 - Coming Up
0:47 - The Growing Flock Camera Controversy
01:28 - What Are Flock Cameras Actually Collecting?
02:33 - Police Misuse and Abuse of Surveillance Data
03:45 - Mapping and Avoiding Flock Cameras
04:57 - How Personal Data Fuels Scams
06:54 - What Can Police Actually Do With Flock Data?
07:12 - Testing Flock: A Real Missing Vehicle Case
09:09 - How Mishaal Found the Vehicle Himself
10:20 - Drones: The Next Level of Surveillance
11:11 - How Can You Protect Your Privacy?
13:07 - Facial Recognition Is Expanding Everywhere
14:13 - AI Can Rebuild Your Entire Pattern of Life
15:51 - What Can Someone Find From Your License Plate?
17:16 - Solving a Hit-and-Run With a Partial Plate
19:08 - What Could a Rogue Police Officer Do?
20:28 - Is There Any Hope for Privacy?
21:53 - Where to Learn More About Privacy and OSINT

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#flockcameras #defcon #privacy

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John DiMaggio created fake identities, profiled ransomware operators and spent approximately 18 months earning the trust of LockBit.

In this interview, John explains how his investigation led to work with the FBI and the UK’s National Crime Agency, contributed to indictments and resulted in death threats against him. He also reveals how the work affected his mental health, relationships and everyday life.

John shares the remarkable story of a young REvil hacker connected to the Kaseya ransomware attack and its $70 million ransom demand. He explains how ransomware operators are recruited, manipulated and sometimes controlled by intelligence agencies.

You will also learn why stolen cryptocurrency is difficult to spend, how Bitcoin tracing and money-laundering mistakes expose cybercriminals and why technical hacking skills do not make someone good at hiding money. Finally, John warns aspiring researchers not to approach ransomware gangs without professional training and support. He discusses his new book, Owned, and how he plans to use his experience to help cybersecurity teams and business leaders prepare for ransomware attacks.

// Link to No Starch Website for Jon DiMaggio’s Book //
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// Jon DiMaggio’s SOCIALS //
Website: https://arkemcyber.com/
X: https://x.com/Jon__DiMaggio
LinkedIn: / jondimaggio

// David's SOCIAL //
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// MY STUFF //
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// SPONSORS //
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// MENU //
0:00 - Coming Up
0:36 - Introduction
01:28 - Infiltrating the LockBit Ransomware Gang
03:45 - Working With the FBI & NCA
04:55 - Sponsor – Proton Drive
06:54 - Stories From the Ransomware Gang
07:35 - Befriending a Hacker
10:21 - The Kaseya Ransomware Attack
12:10 - Arrest, Extradition & a 14-Year Sentence
13:12 - An Unexpected Message From Prison
14:57 - The LockBit Story & the Mental Health Toll
16:30 - Advice for Young People Drawn to Cybercrime
18:09 - Why Hackers Can’t Easily Spend Their Money
19:12 - How to Become a Jon DiMaggio
21:58 - What’s Next for Jon DiMaggio
23:08 - Preparing Companies for Ransomware Attacks
23:52 - Final Thoughts

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Age verification is spreading across the internet. It promises to protect children, but what happens when accessing a website or using your own device requires facial recognition, identity documents or third-party verification?

David speaks with Alexis Hancock from the Electronic Frontier Foundation about the growing privacy risks surrounding age verification and digital ID systems. They examine how these technologies could threaten online anonymity, create new surveillance infrastructure and expose sensitive personal information.

Alexis explains why age verification alone does not teach children how to stay safe online, how data brokers and behavioral advertising contribute to the problem, and why banning VPNs or weakening encryption would make everyone less secure.

They also discuss zero-knowledge proofs, facial recognition, encryption backdoors, government surveillance and the danger of building a digital identity system that could be abused by future governments.

Finally, Alexis shares practical ways to protect your privacy, including using encrypted communication, learning from EFF’s Surveillance Self-Defense guides and contacting elected representatives when harmful legislation is proposed.

// Alexis Hancock’ SOCIAL //
LinkedIn: / alexishancock

// EFF Website REFERENCE //
https://www.eff.org/

// David's SOCIAL //
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// MY STUFF //
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// SPONSORS //
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// MENU //
0:00 - Intro
0:41 - Alexis Hancock background // Who are the EFF
01:48 - Eroding privacy & age verification
08:48 - Online safety for children
12:25 - Online monitoring
14:20 - ThreatLocker sponsor segment
15:27 - Big tech vs government
17:49 - How to fight for privacy
20:19 - Online censorship & privacy
26:17 - The push for age verification
29:29 - Age verification "whack-a-mole"
33:03 - Parental control vs age verification
36:24 - What about non-tech savvy people?
41:02 - Zero-knowledge proof
44:48 - Is it too late? // Conclusion

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You can write secure C code, follow accepted best practices and still end up with a vulnerable binary. The reason is simple: the CPU does not run your source code. It runs whatever the compiler produces.

David sits down with security researcher Chris Domas at Black Hat to examine how legal compiler optimizations can remove security protections, delete memory-clearing operations and introduce time-of-check to time-of-use vulnerabilities into code that appeared secure.

Chris explains the C abstract machine, why compilers are allowed to transform code so dramatically and how register pressure, structure layout and even data size can affect whether a binary is vulnerable. In one striking example, 17 or 33 bytes can be safe while nearby sizes produce vulnerable code. They also discuss whether Rust solves the problem, why switching between GCC and Clang is not the answer and how AI helped analyse 500 million lines of open-source code to identify 300 potentially dangerous patterns.

Most importantly, Chris explains what developers can do now, including enabling compiler warnings, using sanitizers, analysing optimized builds and testing the exact binary that will be shipped.

// Christopher Domas’ SOCIAL //
LinkedIn: / christopher-domas
GitHub: https://github.com/xoreaxeaxeax
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// David's SOCIAL //
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// MENU //
0:00 - Coming Up
0:48 - Intro
02:05 - Different Ways of Exploiting CPU’s
04:10 - The C Specifications
06:17 - The Compiler Deleting Nemsec
08:40 - Do we need to use a new Compiler ?
10:09 - Compiler Inventing Vulnerabilities
12:13 - Don't Give up Writing Secure Code
12:44 - Sponsored Section
14:25 - Any Easy Options To Create A New Compiler ?
15:09 - Chris’s Presentation at Black Hat
20:00 - Weird Situations with Size of Data
21:22 - What Can Developers Do ?
23:32 - Who Can Leverage this Vulnerability ?
25:02 - Could AI Make it Easy For Attackers To Leverage This?
28:27 - Recommendations For Developers
29:48 - Advice To Be Like Chris
30:36 - Conclusion & Outro

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#bhusa2026 #securecoding #compiler

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A zero-click attack can compromise your phone without you opening a link, installing an application or even touching the device.

David sits down with Natalie Silvanovich and Seth Jenkins from Google Project Zero to examine how specially crafted audio messages were used to remotely compromise the Pixel 9 and Pixel 10.

The attack begins inside the Dolby Unified Decoder, where Android automatically processes incoming audio for transcription. The researchers explain how they exploited the decoder, escaped the media codec sandbox and targeted vulnerable Pixel hardware drivers to achieve kernel code execution and root access.

They also discuss ASLR, SELinux, memory corruption, the eight-week exploit development process, how AI helped automate repetitive tasks and why Apple’s compiler protections prevented the same Dolby bug from affecting iPhones.

Most importantly, they explain what manufacturers can do to reduce their attack surface and make commercial zero-click exploits significantly more expensive.

These vulnerabilities were responsibly disclosed and patched. Pixel users running the latest security updates are protected.

// Seth Jenkins SOCIAL //
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/seth-jenkins-a20b914b/
X: https://x.com/__sethJenkins

// Natalie Silvanovich SOCIAL //
X: https://x.com/natashenka?lang=en
Website: https://natashenka.ca/

// Website REFERENCE //
Google Project Zero website: https://projectzero.google/

// David's SOCIAL //
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// SPONSORS //
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// MENU//
0:00 - Intro
01:00 - ThreatLocker sponsor segment
02:10 - Natalie Silvanovich background
04:00 - Seth Jenkins background
04:49 - Zero click audio codec vulnerability
05:41 - Disclaimer
06:07 - Hacking using audio files // How it works
10:23 - What happens in the sandbox
13:27 - The next step
15:15 - Running into issues
22:55 - Would someone notice the hack?
26:20 - Not secure by default
27:44 - Using AI assistance
29:44 - How to reduce attack surface
34:57 - How to get into cybersecurity
39:05 - Conclusion


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#google #bhusa2026 #pixel10