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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, software company, security, attack, AMD, operating system, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, PC, Microsoft Windows XP

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, Microsoft Windows, operating system

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, Microsoft Internet Explorer 7, session, security, presentation, hacker, conference, Microsoft Windows Vista, router, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Microsoft Corp.

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, Wi-Fi, flaw, attacker, attack, threat, Apple MacBook, software company, laptop computer, Apple Computer, Intel, security, PC, video, operating system

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

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, Las Vegas, blog, hacker, RFID, security, VoIP, Microsoft Windows Vista, Wi-Fi, printer, keyboard, operating system, Microsoft Corp.

July 27, 2005 Security industry event to focus on exploiting holes in antivirus, database and device driver software to break into computers. TAGS: Neel Mehta, Black Hat, Internet Security Systems Inc., antivirus product, Defcon, antivirus software, researcher, hacker, Las Vegas, malicious code, security, antivirus, hacking, Oracle Corp., conference, flaw

July 27, 2005 Networking giant and ISS ask a court to silence the security expert who described how attackers could take over Cisco routers. TAGS: Black Hat, Cisco Systems Inc., Cisco IOS, presentation, researcher, networking company, router, attack, flaw, VoIP, security, research, networking, conference, operating system

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, IM, laptop computer, security, operating system

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