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Darren Kemp

Former Security Researcher

Darren was formerly a Security Researcher with the Duo Labs team, bringing over a decade of professional experience in the information security industry. Darren specialized in vulnerability, malware analysis, and software reverse engineering. Prior to Duo, Darren held roles in application security consulting, threat intelligence, and developing advanced crash dump analysis tools.

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2 articles by Darren Kemp

Out-of-Box Exploitation: A Security Analysis of OEM Updaters

Today, Duo Labs is publishing our take on the OOBE; Out-of-Box Exploitation: A Security Analysis of OEM Updaters. OEM software is making us vulnerable and invading our privacy - with that in mind, Duo Labs decided to dig in to see how ugly things can get.

OEM Security, Dell Security, Out of Box Software, Labs Research

Dude, You Got Dell’d: Publishing Your Privates

While working on a larger research project, Duo Labs security researchers found sketchy certificates on a brand-new Dell Inspiron 14 laptop. Read on for more about Superfish 2: eDellRoot Boogaloo.

Security Research, Dell Security, Edell Root, Labs Research