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Black Hat gears up in Las Vegas
News The eleventh annual Black Hat security conference will occupy more space at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas this year in order to accommodate more people, more topics, and, of course, more controversy. Several presenters are familiar to Black Hat...
[July 31, 2007, 9:43]
Black Hat Cisco router flaw finally revealed
News The newly disclosed flaw in IOS was part of a controversial presentation at the Black Hat security confab in July, but Cisco has been able to keep it under wraps until now. At Black Hat, security researcher Michael Lynn demonstrated how he could...
[November 3, 2005, 8:35]
Security showdown: Black Hat vs. Def Con
News At the Black Hat Briefings security conference Wednesday and Thursday at Caesar's Palace, security experts will teach network administrators and information-technology managers how to protect their critical systems.
[July 11, 2001, 14:49]
Black Hat bans reporters over network hack
News Three journalists for a French security magazine were kicked out of the Black Hat security conference in Las Vegas after they allegedly sniffed the press room computer network on Thursday. Organisers required the men to leave the conference...
[August 8, 2008, 12:02]
Black Hat researcher hacks Vista
News While Microsoft talked up Windows Vista security at Black Hat, a researcher in another room demonstrated how to hack the operating system. At Black Hat, Microsoft gave out copies of an early Vista release for attendees to test.
[August 7, 2006, 8:30]
Black Hat to dissect Windows Vista
News This year, Black Hat is not just about breaking and entering. Black Hat has been around since 1997. Microsoft says it is the first in the history of Black Hat Briefings to present an entire track on a prerelease product.
[August 1, 2006, 16:20]
VeriSign Responds to Black Hat
Talkback Tim Callan, vice president of product marketing at VeriSign, responds (in more detail) to these Black Hat presentations in his new SSL blogpost: https://blogs.verisign.com/ssl-blog/2009/07/busy_day_at_black_hat.php
[July 30, 2009, 19:27]
European Black-Hat Briefings cancelled
News Europe's very own dedicated security/hacker prevention conference, the Black Hat Briefings , scheduled to take place in Amsterdam on October 28-29, has been cancelled due to a lack of interest. The Black-Hat Briefings invite commercial security...
[October 13, 1999, 7:25]
Intel, Red Hat and SAP buy a piece of Black Duck
News Intel, Red Hat and SAP have joined several venture capital firms to give Black Duck Software $12 million (£6.6 million) in a second round of funding, the start-up said on Monday. Intel and SAP are likely to be hoping for a repeat of their...
[June 7, 2005, 13:00]
Black Hat and sniffers
Talkback Absolutely fantastic! Should be a selling point for BlueSocket. Heck, if it's a public access point, the devices should at least be firewalled! Security seems to be a big issue these days. Hmmm, now where's our marketing department.think we should...
[August 12, 2008, 16:25]
Black Hat to dissect Windows Vista
Talkback Security shouldn't be about damaged PR control. Too often it has been proven that the only way to make a positive difference in regards to security is to bypass PR directives completely. In short: PR can't be trusted with security.
[August 1, 2006, 22:51]
Blue chip sales put Red Hat in black
News Red Hat, the leading distributor of Linux, has bucked the current downturn in the technology sector by making its first ever profit last quarter -- thanks to increased sales to corporate customers. In the three months to 31 May, Red Hat made a...
[June 20, 2001, 11:10]
Gray Hat Hacking: Morally Black and White
White Papers This paper sets forth to explore the idea of gray hat hacking - computer hackers outside of an organization breaking into that organization's computer systems with the goal of securing it on behalf of the organization.
[July 13, 2009, 0:00]
Vista security push gets warm reception
News Microsoft's presentations on Windows Vista are not the typical Black Hat talks, but attendees are welcoming the look behind the scenes at the software giant. The annual Black Hat Briefings security confab in Las Vegas traditionally focuses on...
[August 4, 2006, 9:00]
What colour is my trilby? The ethics of hacking by hacks
Blog Comment Yes the irony is especially droll, however I find it disturbing that the Black Hat WiFi Gestapo evidently doesn't have a sense of humor. Maybe the Black Hat convention ought to re-bill itself as the Propeller Beanie Club.
[August 11, 2008, 9:27]
Internet-scale 'man in the middle' attack announced
News In Black Hat's October Webinar on Thursday, Anton Kapela, datacentre manager at 5Nines Data, spoke about internet-scale 'man in the middle' attacks. According to Black Hat founder and director Jeff Moss, most attendees didn't realise this was being...
[October 20, 2008, 12:11]
What colour is my trilby? The ethics of hacking by hacks
Blog Three French journalists have been thrown out of the Black Hat conference for sniffing their fellow hacks. But at a place called Black Hat, where the creatures of the press room really, really should know about wirelesss security?
[August 8, 2008, 15:44]
Cisco reaches deal with flaw researcher
News The dispute over a presentation on hacking Cisco Systems' router software at the Black Hat security conference culminated in a legal settlement on Thursday. Michael Lynn, a former ISS researcher, and the Black Hat organisers agreed to a permanent...
[July 29, 2005, 7:40]
Hackers striking more suddenly
News It's mostly bad news for network administrators at this year's Black Hat Security Briefings: Increasingly, attackers are using better tools to find vulnerabilities quickly, exploit flaws and hide their attacks.
[July 29, 2004, 9:20]
Cisco reaches deal with flaw researcher
Talkback Cisco used its legal Muscle for Lynn to voluntarily agree to a permanent Injunction, 2.agree to refrain from participation at Black Hat Confrence, 3. Chambers, President of Cisco Systems regarding Black Hat confrence and Michael Lynn Saga.since...
[July 30, 2005, 21:54]
