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FBI calls for hacker help

August 2, 2006 At Black Hat security confab, FBI official says the agency needs help from the security world to fight cybercrime. TAGS: cybercrime, Black Hat, agency, hacker, conference, security

Security in focus at Black Hat

March 2, 2007 Computer security pros descend on Washington, D.C., confab to talk risks, hacks and digital self-defense. TAGS: Black Hat, RFID, computer security, Washington D.C., researcher, security, Wi-Fi, blog, Apple Macintosh, PC

Microsoft gets good reception at Black Hat

August 3, 2006 Talks go down well with hackers looking to find out just what the company's doing to make Vista its most secure operating system ever. TAGS: Black Hat, attendee, flaw, session, presentation, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Internet Explorer 7, security, bug, Microsoft Corp., event, Microsoft Internet Explorer, operating system, Microsoft Windows

Breaking into a laptop via Wi-Fi

August 2, 2006 Flaws in software that runs wireless-networking hardware could let attackers take over PCs, including Macs, Black Hat warns. TAGS: Black Hat, researcher, flaw, attacker, Wi-Fi, attack, threat, software company, Apple MacBook, laptop computer, Apple Computer, Intel, PC, security, video, operating system

Black Hat conference goers deal with insecurities

August 3, 2007 Security experts gather in Las Vegas at the annual security conference, which has been "supersized" to handle more people, topics--and controversy. TAGS: Black Hat, researcher, conference, security, Web 2.0, Las Vegas, Web browser, video

Nixed: Black Hat talk on RFID access badge risks

February 27, 2007 Legal threat from HID prompts security researchers to cancel discussion on flaws of radio tag-embedded building access ID cards. TAGS: Black Hat, RFID, conference, researcher, threat, presentation, intellectual property, security, Las Vegas, radio, event, card

Black Hat with a Vista twist

August 1, 2006 The annual hacker event usually focuses on breaking into systems. This year, a series of Microsoft-themed sessions takes a different tack. TAGS: Black Hat, Cisco Systems Inc., attendee, Defcon, researcher, event, hacker, presentation, conference, Microsoft Internet Explorer 7, security, session, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Internet Explorer, router, Microsoft Corp.

Black Hat: Privacy risk in e-Passports

August 8, 2006 special coverage RFID-based cards are easy to clone, researchers say. See the video here. TAGS: Black Hat, Defcon, e-passport, researcher, blog, Las Vegas, RFID, hacker, security, VoIP, Microsoft Windows Vista, Wi-Fi, keyboard, printer, operating system, Microsoft Corp.

Black Hat a sure bet to be big, bold in Vegas

August 8, 2008 From a mock trial in "Hacker Court" to presentations titled "Bad Sushi" and "Satan is on My Friends List," security conference promises to be provocative. TAGS: Black Hat, Elinor Mills, conference, Las Vegas, security, DNS, reporter, vulnerability, Apple Computer

Microsoft blocks 'Black Hat' Vista hack

October 21, 2006 Windows update no longer allows driver hack demonstrated at Black Hat security confab. But fix may spell trouble. TAGS: Black Hat, Stephen Toulouse, attacker, attack, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp., 64-bit, security, operating system, PC, Microsoft Windows

A picture worth a thousand lies

July 31, 2007 Neal Krawetz, a security researcher at Hacker Factor, knows a fake photo when he sees one. He also knows how it's done. Images: Pictures that lie TAGS: Neal Krawetz, USA Today, Black Hat, lie, Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, talent, image, researcher, picture, photograph, conference, security

Black Hat 'supersizes' in Las Vegas

July 30, 2007 Taking up more space at Caesar's Palace is no gamble for the security confab as it tackles topics from the Vista x64 kernel to digital forensics for the feds. TAGS: Black Hat, forensics, application security, Richard Clarke, reverse engineering, hacking, conference, session, Las Vegas, track, researcher, security, Microsoft Windows Vista

Printers a weak link in network security

August 4, 2006 All printers are not dumb devices--they are computers requiring a security regimen, says expert at Black Hat. TAGS: Black Hat, Xerox Corp., internal network, printer, network security, presentation, security, server

Vista hacked at Black Hat

August 4, 2006 Researcher bypasses a security mechanism designed to prevent some driver software from running in the Windows update. TAGS: Black Hat, virtualization, Microsoft Windows Vista, malicious software, researcher, malicious code, security, software company, attack, AMD, operating system, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows XP, PC

New Apple patch plugs Wi-Fi hijack flaws

September 21, 2006 Security updates plug a trio of flaws that could be exploited to break into Macs via Wi-Fi connections. TAGS: SecureWorks Inc., Black Hat, flaw, Apple Computer, company representative, representative, researcher, Apple MacBook, vulnerability, IBM PowerPC, attacker, Apple Macintosh, Wi-Fi, security, wireless network, Apple Mac OS X

Researchers: E-passports pose security risk

August 5, 2006 New passports and ID cards with RFID are surprisingly easy to clone, researchers at Black Hat and Defcon say. TAGS: RFID, passport, RFID tag, e-passport, researcher, Black Hat, Defcon, RFID chip, security risk, smart card, security, conference, card, radio, U.S., video

Your Wi-Fi can tell people a lot about you

March 2, 2007 People who sniff wireless network traffic have many tools at their disposal to intercept sensitive data from PCs. TAGS: Black Hat, Bonjour, wireless network, access point, Wi-Fi, laptop computer, IM, security, operating system

Flaw finders to software makers: It's payback time

August 17, 2006 Bug hunters have listened to software firms about how to make flaws public. Now it's time for those companies to give them something back, they say. TAGS: disclosure, researcher, software company, Black Hat, vendor, TippingPoint Technologies, iDefense, VeriSign Inc., flaw, Gartner Inc., communication, vulnerability, security

Broadcom flaw could allow Wi-Fi hijacks

November 14, 2006 Vulnerable software was shipped in PCs and networking gear from HP, Dell, Gateway, eMachines and others. TAGS: Broadcom Corp., flaw, vulnerability, Black Hat, Wi-Fi, wireless networking, researcher, Symantec Corp., security, wireless network, eMachines Inc., SSID, access point, Gateway Inc., Dell, HP

New hacker trick may expose Oracle databases

March 1, 2007 update Technique lets intruders exploit flaws previously thought to be insignificant, security researcher says at Black Hat DC. TAGS: David Litchfield, Oracle Corp., SQL, flaw, database software, Black Hat, Oracle Database, attacker, SQL injection, paper, database, researcher, trick, security
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