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22 Nov

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...


EFF launches Coders' Rights site at Black Hat conference

Programmers that research security flaws in commercial software face a nebulous and shifting legal landscape. The EFF is launching a site intended to help them stay on the right side of the law.Read More... ...

Bury Ars Technica August 06

Black Hat denies Apple FileVault talk claim

Dissent in the security community as Black Hat event loomsOrganises of the annual Black Hat hackers event have denied claims that a talk about Apple security was cancelled - they say it was never scheduled to happen in the first place. ...

Bury Macworld UK August 06

Black Hat says 'canceled' Apple talk never existed

A talk on vulnerabilities in the encryption within Apple FileVault was never submitted, says the officials with the security conference. ...


Microsoft aims to close Patch Tuesday vulnerability window

Microsoft is upping the ante in an effort to head off hackers at the Patch Tuesday pass. Ryan Naraine reports: The new Microsoft Active Protections Program (MAPP), which will be formally announced at Black Hat USA 2008 here, will give anti-virus, intrusion prevention/detection and corporate n...

Bury Btl August 05

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