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Breach of the Week #4: Red Teaming iOS Vulnerabilities with Cedric Owens

Episode Summary

Cedric Owens is a top cybersecurity "red team" attacker, who helps improve system defense by simulating attacks to discover potential vulnerabilities. He explains how he discovered (and helped Apple patch) a significant iOS vulnerability.

Episode Notes

• What are red teams and blue teams? [2:03]
• How Cedric cracked Mac Gatekeeper [6:55]
• Apple's response [15:22]
• Cedric's craziest hack [19:24]
• Red team advice for the blue team [22:02]
• Audience Q&A [26:31]

🔐Breach of the Week 🔐looks at who got hacked, how it happened, and what it means for the industry. 

🎙With hosts Joel de la Garza (a16z Security Operating Partner) and Geoff Belknap (CISO LinkedIn) on Clubhouse every Thursday 5-5:30pm.