SK shieldus announced on the 12th that it participated in the world's largest security conference 'Black Hat USA 2025' and the world's largest hacker conference 'Defconn 33' held in Las Vegas, USA, where it conducted training related to security threats.
Black Hat USA is the world's leading cybersecurity conference, attended each year by more than 20,000 global security professionals and corporate chief information security officers (CISOs), sharing the latest security threats and research achievements. Defconn, boasting over 30 years of history, is the world's largest hacking conference, where hackers and security experts from around the globe gather to exchange the latest attack techniques and response strategies.
This training session was directly organized by EQST, the largest white hat hacker group in Korea, owned by SK shieldus. EQST is actively conducting research on the latest security threats, including ransomware, large language model (LLM) based attacks, and web/mobile security.
From the 4th to the 5th of this month, SK shieldus conducted hands-on training at Black Hat on the theme 'Core Guide to Chrome V8 Exploitation,' addressing vulnerabilities in the V8 engine, the core engine of the Chrome browser.
Participants learned step by step, from the principles of how browsers process data to the process of exploiting vulnerabilities for attacks, and experienced the latest attack techniques firsthand. The Chrome browser is the most widely used web browser in the world, and its V8 engine is a primary target for attackers. The V8 vulnerability poses a direct threat to Chrome's security, making the hacking techniques that exploit it of high interest globally. In fact, many hacking groups frequently use V8 zero-days in cyber attacks, so techniques for analyzing V8 vulnerabilities have become an important research topic among security professionals overseas.
The training allowed participants to understand the structure and operation of the V8 engine and to directly learn and practice 'debugging' techniques to find software errors and 'exploit' techniques to leverage actual vulnerabilities in attacks.
On the 8th, SK shieldus conducted a three-hour workshop at Defconn 33, covering the analysis capabilities and key hacking techniques necessary for hacking the Chrome V8 engine.
Kim Byung-mu, vice president of the cybersecurity institutional sector at SK shieldus, noted, 'Operating training sessions targeting hackers worldwide at two of the world's top conferences signifies that SK shieldus's cybersecurity capabilities have been recognized on the international stage.' He added, 'In the future, we will continue to proactively research and address global security challenges based on EQST's expertise, establishing ourselves as a leading company that presents response strategies in the rapidly changing cyber threat environment.'