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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Red Hat admits to getting hacked 

Red Hat admits to getting hacked

In Applications - By Iain Thomson, 26 August 2008 11:37 AM
Linux distributor Red Hat has issued a critical security update after its servers were hacked last week..
Red Hat warns of Fedora, OpenSSH compromises 

Red Hat warns of Fedora, OpenSSH compromises

In Applications - By Dan Kaplan, 25 August 2008 9:59 AM
Hackers compromised Red Hat's Fedora servers, which prompted the open source software company to issue a critical update Friday for its OpenSSH packages.
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.
Red Hat releases free security code 

Red Hat releases free security code

In Applications - By Guy Dixon, 22 March 2008 4:46 PM
Red Hat is freeing up the source code behind its identity management and security system in a bid to show that open source software is more secure than rival technologies..
Red Hat patches multiple ‘critical’ vulnerabilities in Linux 

Red Hat patches multiple ‘critical’ vulnerabilities in Linux

In Applications - By Negar Salek, 23 October 2007 2:21 PM
Red Hat has patched nine vulnerabilities in its Enterprise Linux 5 kernel that could cause denial of service and unauthorised system access if exploited by a malicious attacker ...
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' ...
Red Hat patch numerous OpenOffice flaws 

Red Hat patch numerous OpenOffice flaws

In Applications - By Ericka Chickowski, 23 March 2007 12:52 AM
Debian released a patch to fix multiple vulnerabilities in OpenOffice that open up the users' systems to compromise, Secunia reported on Wednesday.
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 ...
Red Hat buys JBoss for 350M 

Red Hat buys JBoss for 350M

By Frank Washkuch, 10 April 2006 5:17 PM
Raleigh, N.C.,-based open source solution provider Red Hat announced today that it will buy open source middleware provider JBoss for at least $350 million.
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 ...
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