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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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