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European Black-Hat Briefings cancelled

Europe's very own dedicated security/hacker prevention conference, the Black Hat Briefings , scheduled to take place in Amsterdam on October 28-29... Read more

13 October, 1999 by Will Knight

Honeynet Project sweetens hacker bait

...move. The new software and hardware that project leaders proposed at the Black Hat Briefings security conference will make honeynets easier to set up and... Read more

18 July, 2001 by Robert Lemos

Why software patches are rotten to the core

If there was a recurring theme to this year's Black Hat Briefings and DefCon conferences in Las Vegas, it might have been... Read more

18 July, 2001 by Robert Vamosi

OMG Pwnies!

...their own glittering awards. The Pwnies, to be handed out at the Black Hat Briefings in August, will mark the successes and failures of security... Read more

24 July, 2007

Vista security push gets warm reception

...welcoming the look behind the scenes at the software giant. The annual Black Hat Briefings security confab in Las Vegas traditionally focuses on hunting for... Read more

4 August, 2006 by Joris Evers

Black Hat to dissect Windows Vista

...he said. Microsoft says it is the first in the history of Black Hat Briefings to present an entire track on a prerelease product. It... Read more

1 August, 2006 by Joris Evers

Kaspersky confirms antivirus flaw

...analysts wrote in a research paper released earlier this year. At the Black Hat Briefings security conference this summer, researchers at Internet Security Systems outlined... Read more

5 October, 2005 by Joris Evers

Kaspersky flaw 'opens back door'

...software for holes to get into systems, the analysts said. At the Black Hat Briefings security conference this summer, researchers at ISS outlined vulnerabilities in... Read more

4 October, 2005 by Joris Evers

Encryption pioneer enters VoIP arena

...prevent eavesdropping. He plans to unveil the prototype on Thursday at the Black Hat Briefings security industry conference in Las Vegas. "I am revealing this... Read more

27 July, 2005 by Joris Evers

TippingPoint to offer bug bounty

...party in Las Vegas on Wednesday, the first day of the annual Black Hat Briefings an event for security professionals and enthusiasts. Few companies offer... Read more

25 July, 2005 by Joris Evers

Patch your software to make us all more secure

...Eschelbeck at the Black Hat session were several other security experts, including Black Hat Briefings CEO Jeff Moss and BindView's Mark Loveless (aka Simple... Read more

6 August, 2003 by Robert Vamosi

US govt to get early warning of Net attacks

...detection broadly," Sachs said in an interview after a speech at the Black Hat Briefings security conference. Defence contractor SRI International is expected to deliver... Read more

1 August, 2003 by Declan McCullagh

Intel to integrate security chip

...A number of security experts are in Las Vegas this week for Black Hat Briefings and DefCon, two major security conferences. Security technology also often... Read more

1 August, 2003 by Michael Kanellos

FBI nabs Russian expert at DefCon

A Russian encryption specialist is arrested only a day after giving a speech at the hacker conflab for breaking anti-copyright law Read more

18 July, 2001 by Robert Lemos

Security showdown: Black Hat vs. Def Con

...trade information, swap stories and take each other's measure. At the Black Hat Briefings security conference Wednesday and Thursday at Caesar's Palace, security... Read more

11 July, 2001 by Robert Lemos

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