Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchDigital sovereignty and the FOSS-stack at school. (WHY2025)
The need for digital sovereignty has always been great, but now there is an autocrat in the White house that is fighting everything he deems “Woke”. …
1 year, 3 months ago
Autarkie - Instant grammar fuzzing using Rust macros (WHY2025)
Fuzzing is one of the most effective ways to find elusive software vulnerabilities. Despite years of research, general purpose fuzzers such as AFL++ …
1 year, 3 months ago
USB: the most successful interface that also brings power (WHY2025)
We use it every day, but how does it really work? USB has been around for almost 30 years and it evolved into really universal interface that even ex…
1 year, 3 months ago
Normsetting revisited (WHY2025)
I want to talk about how we are setting the standards for our digital world and society. Now that our whole world and everything in it seems to have …
1 year, 3 months ago
I donated a kidney (and maybe you can too) (WHY2025)
*WHY* did I donate a kidney? *H*ow did I donate a kidney? *Y*ou might want to donate a kidney! Donating a kidney is quite a thing. But it also isn't.…
1 year, 3 months ago
Quantum computers: the ultimate hacking machines (WHY2025)
This is a first introduction to quantum computers. This is a first introduction to quantum computers: no prior background needed. We will discuss how…
1 year, 3 months ago
EntrySign: create your own x86 microcode for fun and profit (WHY2025)
We present EntrySign, a cryptographic flaw in AMD’s microcode patch verification logic, including how we discovered the bug and how you can extend ou…
1 year, 3 months ago
Lockpicking in CTFs (WHY2025)
The WHY2025 Capture the Flag competition (CTF) has multiple lockpicking challenges as part of the CTF. Successfully picking these locks gives you one…
1 year, 3 months ago
How to bluff your way into Zero Trust (WHY2025)
Zero Trust (ZT) is a security paradigm gaining traction and popularity. In the talk I will show how ZT is the progression of many security ideas that…
1 year, 3 months ago
Who Gave the Toaster Root Access to the Physical World? (WHY2025)
Smart devices are deeply embedded in the physical world: they can see, hear, and control things around us, often with zero real limits. When they’re …
1 year, 3 months ago