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Drone aims to eavesdrop on Wi-Fi from the sky

...A pair of security engineers at the Black Hat security conference have shown off a retrofitted US Army target drone... Read more

5 August, 2011 by Declan McCullagh

Laptop batteries pose security risk, researcher says

...battery, a security researcher has warned. Photo credit: Accuvant Labs At the Black Hat security conference in Las Vegas on Thursday, a security researcher demonstrated... Read more

5 August, 2011 by Declan McCullagh

Demo highlights holes in industrial control systems

...the various Siemens Simatic Step 7 systems during his presentation at the Black Hat security conference in Las Vegas. Beresford's work shows that it... Read more

4 August, 2011 by Elinor Mills

Researchers warn of Scada systems listed on Google

...because they openly list their details on Google search, researchers at the Black Hat conference in Las Vegas warned on Tuesday. In a demonstration, researcher... Read more

3 August, 2011 by Elinor Mills

Adobe to release emergency Reader fix

...for a critical hole in Reader that was publicly disclosed at the Black Hat conference on 25 July. The flaw, which could be exploited to... Read more

6 August, 2010 by Elinor Mills

Botnets meet money mules in fake cheque scam

...networks and money mules recruited online, according to research revealed at the Black Hat hacker conference on Wednesday. The SecureWorks Counter Threat Unit investigated the... Read more

29 July, 2010 by Elinor Mills

Microsoft sets up $250,000 security research prize

...research on computer security defence. Winners will be announced at 2012's Black Hat security conference, with the grand prize being $200,000 (£122,000... Read more

4 August, 2011 by Elinor Mills

Researchers warn of Chrome OS vulnerabilities

...different kinds of attacks, two researchers from the firm WhiteHat Security told Black Hat attendees in Las Vegas on Wednesday. Chrome OS is unlike any... Read more

4 August, 2011 by Seth Rosenblatt

Smartphone security threats multiply

...the company said in its report, released on the eve of the Black Hat security conference in Las Vegas. However, many web-based threats such... Read more

3 August, 2011 by Elinor Mills

Researchers hack security system to unlock car

...Expert Don A Bailey will be showing his findings publicly at the Black Hat conference in Las Vegas starting on 30 July, along with the... Read more

27 July, 2011 by Elinor Mills

Australian police criticise 'ethical' hacking demonstration

...the past, has been a part of a competition, and you have black-hat conferences around the world. The technical reality is that on those... Read more

18 May, 2011 by Stilgherrian

Researcher uses AWS cloud to crack Wi-Fi passwords

...to release the Cloud Cracking Suite (CCS) on 19 January at the Black Hat security conference near Washington DC. The CCS can crack a WPA... Read more

14 January, 2011 by Jack Clark

Adobe to let partners in early on security flaws

...vendors before the companies release security updates, the companies announced at the Black Hat conference on Wednesday. Microsoft launched its Microsoft Active Protections Program (MAPP... Read more

29 July, 2010 by Elinor Mills
Malware Detection With Neptune

Malware Detection With Neptune

In this webcast, recorded at Black Hat USA 2010, the presenter, a software architect at Qualys, talks about... Read more

1 September, 2010
<endeca_term>Black Hat</endeca_term> USA 2010 1.0

Black Hat USA 2010 1.0

The official App for the Black Hat USA 2010 conference. Visit http://blackhat2010.sched.org/ for event information... Read more

23 August, 2010

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