DEFCON nerd drama.
Disclaimer: The source of the following information is from various Reddit threads, Discord discussions, and Twitter conversations. We are unable to determine the validity of all of the information shared. Some information can be confirmed because there is physical evidence present.
The drama: earlier today (approx. 5 hours ago) security researcher Dmitry Grinberg (@dmitrygr) was escorted off the stage at DEFCON – making him one of the few individuals in convention history to be physically escorted off stage.
The contents of the badge (code base, etc) was developed by Dmitry Grinberg and Mr. Grinberg states he gave no permission to DEFCON to use his code base on the badge. He states he will be issuing a DMCA notice to DEFCON soon. Mr. Grinberg also stated on Reddit you can enable an easter-egg on the device by doing:
- FN
- MENU
- ABOUT
- SELECT
When doing this the badge will display Dmitry Grinberg's information proving he is the developer. Additionally, Dmitry Grinberg said on Reddit if you'd like a license to use the firmware you can contact him and he will issue it to you. He will also sign badges for individuals and this will count as a license grant. He will be outside the DEFCON entrance at 10am tomorrow morning to sign badges.
Attachment 1. Dmitry Grinberg being escorted off stage
Attachment 2. The easter-egg
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It was a NULL pointer from the memory unsafe C++ language.
Since I am a professional C++ programmer, let me decode this stack trace dump for you.
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> I found a vulnerability that allows sending a message from any user@domain
> We cannot reproduce it
> I send a video with the exploitation, a full PoC
> We cannot reproduce it
At this point, I decided to stop the communication with Microsoft.
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—The Road Not Taken—
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The first ever PoE-powered Mac mini with power redundancy.
I couldn't wait to share. More details tomorrow. In the process of work, I took photos and videos.
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