BYU students and alumni recently presented their research at SaintCon, a Utah Cybersecurity conference. Macen Bird, a student from our department, won the annual Hackers Challenge at the conference. This challenge involves solving technology, logical, and security related puzzles and challenges.

A prototype of any software or technology will have vulnerabilities, however companies try to make them as secure as possible before their new product is distributed. The unfortunate reality is that there are still many products on the market or in use that have vulnerabilities, large or small, sometimes putting user information or safety at risk. These vulnerabilities that developers or vendors are unaware of after release are called Zero Days (0days).