DARPA program to fund independent hackers  

DARPA program to fund independent hackers

In Hackers - By Angela Moscaritolo, 5 August 2011 9:51 AM
Defence will fund small hacker groups and independent researchers to development cutting-edge solutions.
Panda warns of cyber black market 

Panda warns of cyber black market

In Risk - By Tom Brewster, 21 January 2011 3:46 PM
Credit card details bought for as little as $2.
Gang uses high tech in cheque fraud crime 

Gang uses high tech in cheque fraud crime

In Hackers - By Iain Thomson, 3 August 2010 12:19 PM
No arrests made yet.
Cyberspace is the new domain of the military: general 

Cyberspace is the new domain of the military: general

In Web/client - By Iain Thomson, 3 August 2010 10:13 AM
Former NSA boss details militarisation of the internet.
Black Hat 2010: IE6 and IE7 also suffer from auto-fill flaw 

Black Hat 2010: IE6 and IE7 also suffer from auto-fill flaw

In Applications - By Angela Moscaritolo, 2 August 2010 12:30 PM
Similar to Safari flaw.
Black Hat: Organiser’s video stream hacked by Mozilla security boss 

Black Hat: Organiser’s video stream hacked by Mozilla security boss

In Web/client - By Iain Thomson, 2 August 2010 9:27 AM
Red faces all round.
Black Hat: Australian researcher uses flaws to force ATMs to spit out cash 

Black Hat: Australian researcher uses flaws to force ATMs to spit out cash

In Applications - By Dan Kaplan, 30 July 2010 1:55 PM
Wows packed house with live demonstration.
Safari update fixes auto-fill flaw 

Safari update fixes auto-fill flaw

In Applications - By Angela Moscaritolo, 29 July 2010 1:14 PM
Pre-empts Black Hat demonstration.
Black Hat founder: SSL is broken 

Black Hat founder: SSL is broken

In Risk - By Iain Thomson, 29 July 2010 12:52 PM
U.S. Department of Homeland Security is on the case.
Microsoft to patch Internet Explorer XSS filter in June 

Microsoft to patch Internet Explorer XSS filter in June

In Applications - By Dan Raywood, 27 April 2010 2:17 PM
Malicious code injection possible.
Chinese hacker school shut down 

Chinese hacker school shut down

In Hackers - By David Neal, 9 February 2010 11:15 AM
Raid on Black Hawk Safety Net.
Microsoft responds to Black Hat talk with IE bug advisory 

Microsoft responds to Black Hat talk with IE bug advisory

In Applications - By Dan Kaplan, 4 February 2010 11:41 AM
View state flaw revealed.
Microsoft denies that patches caused black screens 

Microsoft denies that patches caused black screens

In Applications - By Dan Kaplan, 2 December 2009 10:28 AM
Issue may be caused by a trojan.
Top 10 of Black Hat and Defcon 

Top 10 of Black Hat and Defcon

In Risk - By Iain Thomson, 6 August 2009 9:50 AM
Security woes from Las Vegas.
Clampi banking trojan spreading rapidly 

Clampi banking trojan spreading rapidly

In Hackers - By Dan Kaplan, 31 July 2009 2:01 PM
Researchers have identified a new and dangerous banking trojan that can utilise a Windows tool to spread itself to all workstations across an organisation.
SMS bug can disable iPhone usage: Black Hat 

SMS bug can disable iPhone usage: Black Hat

In Web/client - By Chuck Miller, 31 July 2009 11:34 AM
One single malicious text message can knock an iPhone offline, a pair of researchers disclosed at Black Hat.
Juniper pulls researcher's Black Hat ATM talk 

Juniper pulls researcher's Black Hat ATM talk

In Applications - By Dan Kaplan, 2 July 2009 10:36 AM
Juniper Networks has decided to scrap a presentation by one of its researchers that was set to show how a cash machine software vulnerability can be used to score free money.
Harry Potter next up for hackers 

Harry Potter next up for hackers

In Web/client - By Phil Muncaster, 29 June 2009 10:27 AM
Criminals use black hat SEO to snare Potter fans.
White House turns to hacker for security advice 

White House turns to hacker for security advice

In Risk - By Iain Thomson, 9 June 2009 12:16 PM
Jeff Moss, aka Dark Tangent, the white hat hacker who set up the Black Hat and DEFCON computer conferences, has been picked as a member of the Department of Homeland Security’s ...
SSL subverted by hacker 

SSL subverted by hacker

In Risk - By Iain Thomson, 20 February 2009 3:02 PM
The security of the Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) protocols widely used for ecommerce has been questioned again after a delegate at the Black Hat computer security conference ...
Researchers hack facial biometrics 

Researchers hack facial biometrics

In Crypto - By Iain Thomson, 19 February 2009 3:09 PM
Researchers in Vietnam will be demonstrating how to hack facial recognition biometrics at the Black Hat security convention currently underway in the US.
BLACK HAT: Vista ineffective against browser attacks 

BLACK HAT: Vista ineffective against browser attacks

In Applications - By Chuck Miller, 8 August 2008 2:13 PM
The memory protections in Windows Vista are largely ineffective at preventing browser exploitation.
BLACK HAT: DNS flaw could spread beyond the browser 

BLACK HAT: DNS flaw could spread beyond the browser

In Web/client - By Chuck Miller, 7 August 2008 4:57 PM
DNS cache poisoning is not just for web browsers anymore. According to researcher Dan Kaminsky, there are a variety of programs that make requests of DNS servers, including ...
BLACK HAT: Here come Google gadget flaws 

BLACK HAT: Here come Google gadget flaws

In Applications - By Dan Kaplan, 7 August 2008 4:57 PM
One of Google's latest features can be manipulated to spread malware, a pair of researchers said Wednesday at the Black Hat conference in Las Vegas.
Apple bails out of Black Hat gig 

Apple bails out of Black Hat gig

In Risk - By Egan Orion, 5 August 2008 9:48 AM
Security Engineers at the Cupertino have cancelled their planned session at this week's Black Hat security convention in Las Vegas.
ACCC new release: 'The Little Black Book of Scams' 

ACCC new release: 'The Little Black Book of Scams'

In Messaging - By Negar Salek, 25 February 2008 2:34 PM
The ACCC has released the latest edition of "The little black book of scams", a user friendly guide that draws attention to a wide variety of scams regularly targeting ...
Black hat IPS reverse engineering poses 'serious threat' 

Black hat IPS reverse engineering poses 'serious threat'

In Risk - By Robert Jaques, 14 August 2007 4:37 PM
A recently disclosed Black Hat hacker technique for reverse engineering intrusion prevention system (IPS) data poses a “serious risk” for thousands of enterprises, Gartner has ...
Black Hat Conf: New tools found for wi-fi hacking 

Black Hat Conf: New tools found for wi-fi hacking

In Networks - By Fiona Raisbeck, 6 August 2007 10:02 AM
New tools have been discovered that allow a hacker to steal confidential information from wi-fi hotspots, security researchers have warned.
Black Hat attendees pick mobile threats as the next hot security topic 

Black Hat attendees pick mobile threats as the next hot security topic

In Risk - By Frank Washkuch, 6 August 2007 9:59 AM
Mobile threats were considered the next major security issue by IT professionals who attended the Black Hat conference in Las Vegas last week, according to a survey released ...
VoIP vulnerabilities unveiled at Black Hat 

VoIP vulnerabilities unveiled at Black Hat

In Networks - By Jim Carr, 6 August 2007 9:52 AM
Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) phone systems relying on so-called "soft phone" software are open to thousands of potential vulnerabilities, researchers at Sipera Systems' ...
Black Hat wrap-up: Less hackers, but plenty of flaws 

Black Hat wrap-up: Less hackers, but plenty of flaws

By Ericka Chickowski, 4 August 2006 8:55 PM
Black Hat wrapped up on Thursday after several days of vulnerability revelations that proved that the event hasn't lost its edge even as attendance skewed more heavily toward ...
From Black Hat: IT pros still mostly worried about Windows 

From Black Hat: IT pros still mostly worried about Windows

By Frank Washkuch, 4 August 2006 8:25 PM
While threats against Macintosh operating systems are becoming more common, IT managers and researchers attending the Black Hat conference this week in Las Vegas said, by far, ...
From Black Hat: To disclose or not to disclose? 

From Black Hat: To disclose or not to disclose?

By Ericka Chickowski, 4 August 2006 3:04 PM
Though there is still much dissension in the security world over what is the right way to disclose security vulnerability, a panel of researchers, vendors and end users all ...
From Black Hat: Webroot CTO: Spyware threats on the increase 

From Black Hat: Webroot CTO: Spyware threats on the increase

By Ericka Chickowski, 3 August 2006 2:48 PM
Experts convened at BlackHat on Wednesday reported that the spyware threat continues to increase and it will remain unbeatable while jurisdictional issues between government ...
Black Hat worth $10M to CMP 

Black Hat worth $10M to CMP

By Frank Washkuch, 17 November 2005 10:13 PM
Marketing company CMP Media has acquired Black Hat, an information security trainer and conference organizer, this week for $10 million.
Cisco releases security alert after Black Hat drama 

Cisco releases security alert after Black Hat drama

By Marcia Savage, 29 July 2005 11:49 PM
Cisco Systems on Friday released a security alert about a vulnerability in its router software, two days after taking legal action against a researcher who exposed the flaw at ...
Black Hat: Vulnerabilities, liabilities, and more 

Black Hat: Vulnerabilities, liabilities, and more

By Marcia Savage, 30 July 2004 11:06 PM
Security professionals attending the Black Hat Briefings in Las Vegas this week left with a lot to think and worry about.
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