Full Report
[updated: videos will be made available on this page] 140 slides in 75 minutes. They said it couldn’t be done… and they were right! (mostly) Regardless, our Vegas trip was as much fun as previous years and our presentations at BlackHat and DEFCON went down well from the looks of things. While we plan on writing up the interesting parts, a number of people have requested access to the slidedeck in the mean time, and we’ve posted them here:
Analysis Summary
# Main Topic
The release of presentation slides from a presentation delivered at the BlackHat and DEFCON conferences, specifically titled "Clobbering the cloud." The presentation involved a large volume of material (140 slides) delivered in a short timeframe (75 minutes).
## Key Points
- The primary content shared is the presentation slideshow deck from the researchers' appearances at BlackHat and DEFCON in Vegas.
- The material is described as highly technical, involving 140 slides covered in 75 minutes.
- The researchers intend to follow up with written analyses of the interesting components later.
- Two versions of the deck exist: the exhaustive BlackHat version and a trimmed DEFCON version.
## Threat Actors
- No specific threat actors, groups, or campaigns are mentioned.
- The source appears to be security researchers (SensePost authors).
## TTPs
- No specific offensive or defensive TTPs are detailed in this announcement, as it only concerns the availability of the slides themselves.
## Affected Systems
- The context suggests the focus is on "cloud" security, based on the presentation title, but specific technologies or affected systems are not listed here.
## Mitigations
- No specific mitigations are detailed in this announcement; the immediate mitigation recommended is accessing the provided (defanged) materials for self-study.
## Conclusion
This notice serves as an update to provide immediate access to high-volume, technical conference material focused on cloud security research presented at major security conferences. Further analysis of the technical content is pending.
**Download Links (Defanged):**
- BlackHat Slides Deck: `hxxp://www[.]sensepost[.]com/research/presentations/2009-08-SensePost-BH-USA-2009[.]pptx`
- Video availability page: `hxxp://www[.]sensepost[.]com/blog/3736[.]html`