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Pwnie Awards 2023 Overview: Celebrating Security Industry Blunders

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The Pwnie Awards are intended to be the Oscars of the security community. The show has opened with the nomination of the candidates; the winners will be announced on Wednesday 25 July. Similar to Hollywood, this community also has bright stars who sometimes use dubious methods to try and improve their chances of winning a trophy

Dave Wreski
Jul 23, 2012

Top Sessions at Black Hat 2012 to Boost Security Understanding

Some editors have posted their thoughts on what they think will be the hot topics of Black Hat 2012, but I'm going to respectfully disagree with them this round, and I'll walk alongside Robert Frost on his road not taken.

Anthony Pell
Jul 19, 2012

Protecting Clients: Financial Institutions Combat Cyber Threats

t was 3am when 21-year-old Sydney secretary Rhiannon Moore got the SMS from Westpac. Her debit card had been blocked after the bank saw it had been used to buy porn and air tickets to Malaysia.

Dave Wreski
Jul 05, 2012

Celebrating 20 Years of DefCon: A Retrospective on Hackers and Security

In 1992, Jeff Moss (third from left in second row) invited a bunch of hacker friends to come to Las Vegas to party in the desert. Now in its 20th year, the DefCon hacker conference draws more than 7,000 hackers, security pros and undercover feds each year.

Dave Wreski
Jun 22, 2012

Understanding Hacker Tools Used For Espionage And Exploitation

At a Google-run competition in

Anthony Pell
Mar 26, 2012

Exploring Zero-Day Techniques from Google Competition in Vancouver

At a Google-Run competition in Vancouver last month the search giant

Dave Wreski
Mar 23, 2012

$700K Fraud Charges Linked To Anonymous Affecting Charities

A reader of Venture Beat bemoans $300 USD in fraudulent charges placed on his credit card after the number was stolen from Austin, Texas security firm Stratfor Forecasting, Inc. The hooligans charged $300 to his account, buying hooded sweatshirts.

Anthony Pell
Mar 14, 2012

Insights on IT Security Breaches and Industry Trends from RSA 2012

There was an unusual level of gloom at the RSA Conference this year, and for good reason: a number of the biggest and most respected security firms have been very recently breached, including RSA Security, VeriSign, and Symantec.

Alex
Mar 05, 2012

Exploring SSL Certificate Revocation Challenges and Expert Solutions

The way that browsers perform SSL certificate-revocation checking is so fundamentally flawed that some browser vendors have turned it off altogether, according to browser vendor representatives in a panel at RSA last week.

Anthony Pell
Mar 05, 2012

Young Hackers Compete at NYU Cyber Security Awareness Week

The kids filling the room in the above picture are computer hackers. They work their way into computer systems much the same way some might hear about bad guys doing it on the news.

Dave Wreski
Nov 16, 2011

Linux Foundation Welcomes New Members Ahead of LinuxCon Europe

Here at OStatic, we've watched steadily as The Linux Foundation has added significant new members over the years. The organization has, in only a few short years, become an important player in stewarding the Linux ecosystem toward an organized, united future.

Anthony Pell
Oct 12, 2011

Global Information Security Survey: Perceptions of IT Security Leadership

An astonishing number of survey respondents believe they are IT security leaders. But what does it really take to be a leader, and how does your organization stack up? A surprisingly high

Anthony Pell
Oct 04, 2011

Anonymous Hackers Challenge IT Security Landscape and Political Motives

The hacker group Anonymous, which is less a coherent group of people working together toward a common cause than a random medley of hackers out to prank and disrupt the online world, has been busy these days. Multiple hacks on Bay Area Rapid Transit websites in response to BART's shutdown of the railway's underground cellular system have captured the attention of activists and technophiles alike.

Anthony Pell
Aug 23, 2011

Financial Institutions Choose Ethical Hacking For Security Improvement

As reported in FierceFinanceIT, 2011 has seen major financial and commercial companies victimized by online breaches. In an effort to beef up security, many of these companies are now turning to certified professional hackers to test and enhance security systems.

Alex
Aug 16, 2011

Black Hat: Mac OS X Security Issues Compared to Windows Defenses

The blogosphere is abuzz over the latest Black Hat presentation exposing the security holes of Apple's Mac OS X. The upshot is that Microsoft Windows, in comparison, does a better job of protecting its users, especially against network protocol attacks.

Dave Wreski
Aug 11, 2011

Defcon 2023: Anonymousabu Challenges Authorities at Security Event

THE APPARENT LEADER of the Lulzsec hackers has been tweeting from the Defcon security conference and goading law enforcement officers in attendance.

Anthony Pell
Aug 08, 2011

Engagement of Federal Agents with Hackers at Defcon Conference

WHY are federal agents hobnobbing with hackers? Defcon, a convention of computer hackers here, was crawling with them on Friday. They smiled, shook hands, handed out business cards, spoke on a panel called

Anthony Pell
Aug 08, 2011

DARPA Cyber Fast Track Program Empowers Non-Traditional Hackers

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency on Thursday launched Cyber Fast Track, an effort to fund innovative cybersecurity efforts by groups and people who don't usually do work for the government, including hobbyists, boutique security labs, and other small groups of hackers, DARPA project manager Peiter "Mudge" Zatko announced at Black Hat, a UBM TechWeb event, in Las Vegas.

Anthony Pell
Aug 05, 2011

Operation Shady RAT: HTran and Its Role in Advanced Threats

The advanced persistent threat (APT) attackers behind the newly revealed Operation Shady RAT also deployed a tool called HTran that helps disguise their location.

Anthony Pell
Aug 04, 2011

Ongoing Investigation Of Anonymous Group And Cyber Security Issues

More arrests could be made as federal authorities take aim at a gang of computer hackers known as Anonymous. So far, 16 arrests have been made which included a 20-year-old UNLV student.

Dave Wreski
Jul 21, 2011

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