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Icann hires Black Hat founder

Icann has hired BlackHat and Def Con founder Jeff Moss to be its chief security officer. The internet... Read more

3 May, 2011

Does my little green man need protecting?

...be a truly persistent menace. However, this could all change at the DEF CON convention next month when Nicholas J. Percoco and Christian Papathanasiou from... Read more

28 June, 2010

Hackers: Uncle Sam wants you!

...C3I) for the United States, during a "Meet the Fed" panel at Def Con in Las Vegas. Money was one of four US government officials... Read more

31 July, 2000 by Robert Lemos

HACKERS - A ZDNet Special

...With all the fuss over Def Con 7.0 you could be forgiven for thinking that hacking is... Read more

16 July, 1999 by ZDNet

Does the media cause hacking?

DEF CON, an annual strange brew of security experts, law enforcement officials, hackers... Read more

6 July, 1999 by Robert Lemos

'Free Dmitri' protests gathers little London support

...problems plaguing e-book formats and Adobe's PDF format at the Def Con hacking conference in Las Vegas. His supporters stress that he has... Read more

31 July, 2001 by Wendy McAuliffe

Arrest fuels Adobe copyright fight

...with Adobe eBook and PDF security in a paper presented at the Def Con hacker convention. Elcom's claim that the company had benign intentions... Read more

19 July, 2001 by Robert Lemos

FBI nabs Russian expert at DefCon

...problems plaguing e-book formats and Adobe's PDF format at the Def Con hacking conference. "He is being held pending extradition back to San... Read more

18 July, 2001 by Robert Lemos

A Year Ago: Back Orifice creator's new projects

...the hacker behind the original BackOrifice program released at last year's DEF CON -- plans to release two other programs in the coming weeks. The... Read more

14 July, 2000 by Robert Lemos

A Year Ago: Exclusive: UK hackers have an easy life

...days before this year's biggest and most hyped computer security spectacle, Def Con 7.0 in Las Vegas. "I can't remember the last... Read more

7 July, 2000 by Will Knight

Back Orifice creator's new projects

...the hacker behind the original BackOrifice program released at last year's DEF CON -- plans to release two other programs in the coming weeks. The... Read more

13 July, 1999 by Robert Lemos

New Back Orifice promises NT break-ins

...released in August last year at the annual hacking trade show called DEF CON. This year's show starts Friday, with the release of Back... Read more

8 July, 1999 by Bob Sullivan

Exclusive: UK hackers have an easy life

...days before this year's biggest and most hyped computer security spectacle, Def Con 7.0 in Las Vegas. "I can't remember the last... Read more

7 July, 1999 by Will Knight

News Burst: UK hackers have easy life - exclusive

...and comes just days before this year's biggest computer security spectacle Def Con 7.0 in Las Vegas. Full story to follow Read more

7 July, 1999 by Will Knight

Dmitry lawyers push for plea bargain

In a step towards getting the charges against him dropped, the Russian programmer's lawyers move for a postponement of the trial Read more

23 August, 2001 by Wendy McAuliffe

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