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Largest gathering of offensive hackers converges on Miami

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No nametags. No photographs. No video. Attendees remain utterly anonymous -- and that

Dave Wreski
Apr 15, 2013

How valuable are security certifications today?

When it comes to education, most people agree, more is better. No one embodies that principle at least in regard to IT certifications better than Jerry Irvine. CIO of IT consulting firm Prescient Solutions and member of the National Cyber Security Task Force, Irvine holds more than 20 IT certifications, of which at least six are specifically information security-oriented.

Dave Wreski
Apr 02, 2013

Researchers win $100,000 for Chrome hack that leaves Windows vulnerable

Researchers from MWR Labs find a way to exploit a Chrome vulnerability, sidestep Windows 7 safety measures, and do whatever they want on the operating system.

Dave Wreski
Mar 12, 2013

Chrome OS holds firm against hackers at Pwnium 3

The Pwn2Own 2013 and Pwnium 3 hacking competitions may have both taken place in the same locale last week

Dave Wreski
Mar 12, 2013

Pwned!! Hackers Crack Most Major Platforms at Pwn2Own 2013

Over the past few years, the Pwn2Own hacker contest has become an important fixture in the world of testing the security of software applications, operating systems and hardware devices. This year, HP TippingPoint, a sponsor of Pwn2Own, made clear that it was expanding the focus of the competition beyond browsers.

Anthony Pell
Mar 08, 2013

Security training an urgent priority in $100bn battle against hackers

Hackers are consistently breaching enterprise's systems by going after the end user through the use of things like phishing attacks. Even as security technologies are getting smarter hackers are going after the one thing that hasn't improved: The end users' security knowledge.

Alex
Mar 08, 2013

Researchers rake in $280K at Pwn2Own hacking contest

Research teams Wednesday cracked Microsoft's Internet Explorer 10 (IE10), Google's Chrome and Mozilla's Firefox at the Pwn2Own hacking contest, pulling in more than $250,000 in prizes.

Dave Wreski
Mar 07, 2013

Feds increasingly see hacker conferences as key learning ground to keep systems safe, documents sugg

It was August 2011, and a lone Public Safety Canada cyber-security official wanted to take a trip to Las Vegas to meet with the experts on cracking into government systems: hackers.

Dave Wreski
Nov 23, 2012

Hack In The Box: researcher reveals ease of Huawei router access

At Hack In The Box researcher Felix "FX" Lindner has shown how Huawei routers are easy to access with their static passwords and how one machine could give an attacker access to an entire network.

Anthony Pell
Oct 11, 2012

Hack in the Box kicks off jam-packed security conference

Hack in the Box will host its 10th security conference this week in Kuala Lumpur featuring an all-star cast of hacking luminaries and a cutting-edge program.

Anthony Pell
Oct 08, 2012

4th Annual Hacker Halted USA

The 4th annual Hacker Halted USA information security conference, which runs from October 29-31 in Miami, will showcase 50 of the world

Anthony Pell
Oct 05, 2012

Galaxy S3 hacked via NFC at Mobile Pwn2Own competition

The Samsung Galaxy S3 can be hacked via NFC, allowing attackers to download all data from the Android smartphone, security researchers demonstrated during the Mobile Pwn2Own contest in Amsterdam on Wednesday.

Dave Wreski
Sep 20, 2012

Hotel Keycard Lock Hacker Questions Firmware Fix

The demonstration of a real-world hardware security flaw in hotel room keycard locks at this year's Black Hat information security conference in Las Vegas saw guests literally reaching for their deadbolts.

Dave Wreski
Aug 29, 2012

2600's hacker calendar for 2013: the surveillance edition

2600 magazine's Emmanuel Goldstein sez, "The theme of the 2013 Hacker Calendar is surveillance, and there are 12x12 glossy photos for every month of our surveillance culture hard at work - airport security, the NSA, Menwith Hill, automobile monitoring, even cameras in trees. The cover photo depicts one of society's older surveillance tools: the peephole. In addition, nearly every day of the year is marked with some event or milestone of interest to the hacker community."

Anthony Pell
Aug 27, 2012

ToorCamp: Adventures in an American hacker camp

ToorCamp is an American-flavored hacker camp that was inspired by European versions like CCC Camp in Germany and HAR Camp in the Netherlands. ToorCamp 2009 was the "first ever full-scale" USA hacker camp and was held inside an abandoned Titan-1 Missile silo at Moses Lake, WA.

Dave Wreski
Aug 23, 2012

Deadline looms for second UK Linux security challenge

The government- and Sophos-sponsored challenge is designed to drum up interest in learning Linux security skills, which are needed for protecting web infrastructure and, in turn, companies

Dave Wreski
Aug 21, 2012

Week in security: hackers and government working together

Governments and hackers may not have always seen eye-to-eye, but NSA head Keith Alexander bridged that gap by asking hackers at the Defcon conference for their help in securing the Internet. As he should: with Defcon over and another Black Hat conference now concluded , new idiot-proof hacking tools on the market; new malware that can compromise your BIOS without leaving a trace;

Dave Wreski
Aug 06, 2012

Def Con hackers go mainstream but still love to party

When Jeff Moss founded the Def Con hackers convention in 1993, he never imagined that two decades on, one of the key speakers at the annual Las Vegas event would be four-star General Keith Alexander, head of the U.S. National Security Agency.

Dave Wreski
Aug 02, 2012

11 Security Sights Seen Only At Black Hat

Who says fun, sun, malware, and penetration testing don't mix? This year's Black Hat conference in Las Vegas offered information security training, hardware hacking, pool time, and more.

Dave Wreski
Aug 02, 2012

Black Hat Defcon: Can you hack a Linux Powered SOHO Router with DLNA?

Security researcher Zachary Cutlip (my pic left) took the stage at both Black Hat and Defcon conferences this weekend.

Anthony Pell
Aug 01, 2012

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McGrail Foundation Celebrates 20 Years of Fighting Email Threats with Its KAM Ruleset

CISA's Leads Promising New 'Secure By Design' Initiative

Linus Torvalds Addresses Malicious Developers, Hardware Errors and More at Open Source Summit