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Black Hat 2015: Salted Hash live blog (Day 1)

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Black Hat 2015 is underway, and the corporate side of hacking has taken center stage. There are plenty of hot topics this year, but the mess at the OPM is something that is still generating buzz months after the fact.

Dave Wreski
Aug 05, 2015

9 Basic Tips For Not Getting Pwned At Blackhat 2015

Honestly, does anyone even say

Dave Wreski
Aug 02, 2015

Brinks

Vulnerabilities found in CompuSafe Galileo safes, smart safes made by the ever-reliable Brinks company that are used by retailers, restaurants, and convenience stores, would allow a rogue employee or anyone else with physical access to them to command their doors to open and relinquish their cash, according to Daniel Petro and Oscar Salazar, researchers with the security firm Bishop Fox, who plan to demonstrate their findings next week at the Def Con hacker conference in Las Vegas.

Dave Wreski
Jul 28, 2015

Black Hat USA 2015: The Hard Stuff

Software gets much of the hacking spotlight, perhaps understandably so. But the physical infrastructure that runs all that code is just as susceptible to messing with, though it takes a different set of knowledge and techniques. Today's Training trio touch on the more solid side of that divide.

Alex
Jul 22, 2015

Hacking Team CEO: We're the 'good guys'

The chief executive of Hacking Team has finally spoken out about the cyberattack which allowed sensitive corporate data, exploits and customer history to enter the public domain.

Alex
Jul 13, 2015

7 things to do when your business is hacked

The first thing an IT security executive should do after the corporate network has been breached is fall back on the incident response plan that was put in place well before attackers got through the carefully constructed defenses.

Alex
Jun 23, 2015

Dan Kaminsky on VENOM

Dennis Fisher talks with Dan Kaminsky about the VENOM bug, the value of virtual machine escapes, why everyone wants to make every bug the worst one of all time or just a bunch of hype and what the Avengers have to do with vulnerability disclosure.

Alex
May 14, 2015

Breaking The Security Fail Cycle

Security's heavy reliance and emphasis on technology--due to both its heritage and the reality of a shortage of manpower--is part of the reason attackers are getting the upper hand, experts said here this week.

Dave Wreski
May 07, 2015

RSAC 2015: RSA Conference (Day 3)

For me

Dave Wreski
Apr 23, 2015

RSAC 2015: RSA Conference (Day 1)

Monday here at the show, as I've written before, is quiet. As far as RSAC is concerned, the only people here really are the vendors and their staff, a few press and analyst types, conference organizers, and the workers putting the expo hall together.

Dave Wreski
Apr 21, 2015

How Kevin Mitnick hacked the audience at CeBIT 2015

CeBIT attendees on Thursday fell victims to a series of well-executed hacks. Thankfully, they weren

Dave Wreski
Mar 26, 2015

New England security group shares threat intelligence, strives to bolster region

The Advanced Cyber Security Center is a three year old organization with a bold mission to

Alex
Dec 17, 2014

Hacker Halted 2014: Johnny Long Calls for Hackers for Charity Volunteers

The irony was not lost on Johnny Long. On the silver screen, both hackers and zombies are typically associated with disaster, so the fact that he was at a zombie-themed security conference to speak about hackers making a positive difference in the world seemed satirical.

Dave Wreski
Oct 21, 2014

Sir Tim Berners-Lee defends decision not to bake security into www

Sir Tim Berners-Lee has defended his decision not to build in security at the onset of the world wide web. It

Alex
Oct 08, 2014

Hacking cars and traffic lights at Def Con

One of the biggest hacking conferences in the world, Def Con, took place earlier this month. Cybersecurity talks included hacking cars, traffic lights and social engineering - where actors tried to get real companies to reveal compromising information.

Alex
Aug 20, 2014

Founder of America

The hacker who has presided for 22 years over what is today the biggest hacker conference in the United States talks to TIME about Edward Snowden, Dorian Gray and hackers' changing role in society.

Dave Wreski
Aug 13, 2014

The 10 most terrifying security nightmares revealed at the Black Hat and Def Con hacker conferences

It's that time of year again: The wonderful, terrifying week when hackers and security gurus descend upon Las Vegas to show off their skills and unleash presentation after presentation full of scary-sounding exploits. This year is no different. Over the previous week, we've heard tales of planes brought down by rogue code, snoops spying on your security cameras, and secretive, undetectable code that can turn any USB drive into an unstoppable malware vessel.

Anthony Pell
Aug 12, 2014

10 ways to get noticed at Black Hat

Some of the more eccentric members of the security industry show up for Black Hat each year, making it tough to stand out in the enormous crowd that flocks to Las Vegas for the A-list conference. But each year vendors manage to come up with gimmicks and gizmos that attract the throngs to their booths to hear a spiel or give up their contact information so they can receive sales calls when they get home. Here are some noteworthy examples from Black Hat 2014.

Dave Wreski
Aug 11, 2014

Car Hacking Enters Remote Exploitation Phase

Charlie Miller and Chris Valasek have proven to be adept backseat drivers. Noted for their car-hacking exploits, Miller and Valasek have gained fame at hacking conferences and on Fox News for forcing automobiles to do their bidding.

Dave Wreski
Aug 07, 2014

Black Hat USA 2014: Talking botnets and ad campaigns

"The situation we're in with advertising is a lot like where the banks are, where everyone has struggled with the fact that you can't trust the other end of the connection," says White Ops CEO Michael Tiffany. "It's the same cookies, user information, etc. But one is real, and the other is fake."

Dave Wreski
Aug 07, 2014

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