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The Achilles' heel: a cautionary tale

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If you have a question about this talk, please contact Matthew Ireland .

This presentation will explore how a single bug was exploited to gain control of millions of devices across the world, a number that is still growing to this day.

On the way we’ll dive into some of the inner workings of a JavaScript engine, and also give insight into how a modern exploit is constructed.

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