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22 Nov

Wall of Sheep comes to Black Hat

A popular fixture at Defcon is at Black Hat to show the more corporate crowd how vulnerable their data is on public networks. ...

Bury CNET News.com August 07

DNS Flaw Hits More Than Just the Web

gringer writes "Dan Kaminsky presented at the Black Hat conference in Las Vegas on Wednesday, and said that the DNS vulnerability he discovered is much more dangerous than most have appreciated. Besides hijacking web browsers, hackers might attack email services and spam filters, FTP, Rsync,...

Bury Slashdot August 07

FasTrak toll system exposed, could use a serious dose of security

Filed under: TransportationAh, Black Hat. How we adore you. Each year there's always one speaker who shows up and completely undermines something that most people assume is rock solid. This year, our pals at Hack-A-Day were in attendance to hear Nate Lawson expose California's FasTrak toll system...

Bury Engadget August 07

Report: cyber-hacktivism, botnet effectiveness on the rise

SecureComputing has released its quarterly update on spam, malware, and the worldwide black hat industry. Interesting developments this quarter include the rise of cyber-hacktivism, increased use of languages other than English, and the ongoing threat from Zlob and its ilk.Read More... ...

Bury Ars Technica August 07

Black Hats on Big ID Theft Hacker Indictment: Yeah? So What

Federal authorities are gloating about the indictment of 11 people who allegedly plundered millions of payment card numbers. But hackers at the Black Hat conference are greeting the news with a bit of a shrug, saying the theft of credit and debit cards still will flourish. "These guys were ...


Black Hat: Security Geeks Converge on Vegas

More than 4,000 security professionals are in Las Vegas this week for the Black Hat Security Conference. Topics include hacking highway toll systems, security vulnerabilities in implantable wireless medical devices and a demonstration of injecting law-enforcement Trojan horses onto target machin...


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