Black Hat, the cybersecurity industry’s most established and in-depth security event series, today announced the release of its content lineup for Black Hat Asia 2024. The live, in-person event will take place at the Marina Bay Sands Expo & Convention Centre in Singapore from April 16 to April 19. The event will feature 39 Briefings hand selected by the Black Hat Asia Review Board, four days of Trainings, over 25 Sponsored Sessions, and 60 Arsenal tool demos.
Black Hat provides attendees with the latest in research, development, and trends in Information Security. Here the brightest professionals and researchers in the industry come together for a total of four days—two or four days of deeply technical hands-on Trainings, followed by two days of the latest research and vulnerability disclosures in the Briefings.
Keynote - Securing Our Cyberspace Together
David Koh | Commissioner of Cybersecurity and Chief Executive, Cyber Security Agency (CSA) of Singapore
Date: Thursday, April 18 | 9:00am-10:00am ( Hibiscus Junior Ballroom 3610 )
Mr David Koh is Singapore's first Commissioner of Cybersecurity and the founding Chief Executive of the Cyber Security Agency (CSA) of Singapore. He is concurrently Chief (Digital Security & Technology) at the Ministry of Communications and Information.
As Commissioner, he has the legal authority to investigate cyber threats and incidents to ensure that essential services are not disrupted in the event of a cyber-attack. As Chief Executive of CSA, he leads Singapore's efforts to provide dedicated and centralised oversight of national cyber security functions. These include enforcing the cybersecurity legislation; strategy and policy development; cyber security operations; ecosystem, R&D and capability development, public outreach and international engagement.
Concurrently, as Chief (Digital Security & Technology), he oversees digital security policy and technology capability development in the Ministry of Communications and Information. Mr Koh also sits on the Boards of the Government Technology Agency (GovTech), the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) Cyber Security Advisory Panel and the Healthcare Cybersecurity Advisory Panel (HCAP).
On April 18 and April 19, attendees will gain insight into the latest in information security risks, developments, and trends. Briefings highlights include:
Operation PoisonedApple: Tracing Credit Card Information Theft to Payment Fraud – This talk will cover a series of hacking incidents that recently targeted over 50 online shopping malls, resulting in significant data breaches. While the threat group continues to carry out these attacks, researchers will examine their techniques, provide threat intelligence, and discuss potential countermeasures.
Voice Phishing Syndicates Unmasked: An In-Depth Investigation and Exposure – This talk will explore social engineering techniques of select voice phishing attack groups, including the attack methods utilized in the August 2022 voice phishing incident in South Korea that resulted in $4.1 billion in damages.
You Shall Not PASS - Analysing a NSO iOS Spyware Sample – This talk will analyze one of the most advanced malware samples from NSO’s BLASTPASS exploit chain, which used a PassKit file sent through iMessage to bypass Blast Door and infect iOS.
Two- and four-day Trainings will take place from April 16 to April 19 and feature a variety of in-person and virtual courses in pentesting, network technology, open source intelligence (OSINT), and more.
Trainings highlights include:
Business Hall passes, or Business passes, are currently available for the 2024 event. The Business Hall showcases the latest products and technologies from leading information security solution providers, and will take place from April 18 to April 19. Business passes provide access to the Keynote, Arsenal, Sponsored Sessions, Bricks & Picks, and more. All Black Hat Asia 2024 pass holders will have access to the Business Hall.
This year’s Black Hat Arsenal at Black Hat Asia will take place from April 18 to April 19. Black Hat Arsenal brings together researchers and the cybersecurity community to showcase and demonstrate their latest open-source tools and products in a conversational environment where presenters can interact with the attendees. This year’s event will feature 60 in-person tool demos spanning exploitation and ethical hacking, reverse engineering, Internet of Things (IoT), hardware, and more.
Arsenal is now featuring the Lab at all regional events. The Arsenal Lab is an interactive, hands-on environment designed for hacking enthusiasts of all skill-level to learn about specialized tools and targets that may be difficult to access otherwise. Join our industry experts to discover new skills or take existing skills to the next level.
Top Sponsors and Partners of Black Hat Asia 2024 include:
Diamond Sponsors: Pentera.io, Carbon Black, Appdome, and Upwind Security.
Platinum Sponsors: KnowBe4 and Snyk.
Sustaining Partners: Armis, Axonius, Carbon Black, CrowdStrike, KnowBe4, ManageEngine, Qualys, SentinelOne, Snyk, Sophos, Sysdig, and Trend Micro.
Global Partners: Armis, Carbon Black, KnowBe4, Snyk, Swimlane, and Varonis.
For registration and additional information on Black Hat Asia 2024, please visit www.blackhat.com/asia-24.