JavaScript bug-hunting tool revealed
News A security researcher at ShmooCon in Washington on Saturday demonstrated, but did not release, a tool that turns the PCs of unknowing web surfers into hacker help. Another SPI Dynamics representative at ShmooCon said the company had decided not to...
[March 26, 2007, 9:38]
Phishing flaw found - but not in IE
News The problem arises because certain browsers support a standardised way of representing domain names in the letters or characters of any language, security expert Eric Johanson said at the ShmooCon hacker convention this weekend.
[February 8, 2005, 8:40]
Microsoft admits to Wi-Fi security hole
News The flaw, within a Windows feature that automatically searches for a Wi-Fi network to connect to, was made public last Saturday by security researcher Mark Loveless at hacker conference ShmooCon. Loveless told ShmooCon that when a PC running...
[January 18, 2006, 12:45]
Sony rootkit victims 'in every US state'
News Security researcher Dan Kaminsky released the information at the Shmoocon 2006 hacker conference in Washington last week. A security researcher has revealed that computers in every US state have been affected by copy-restriction software produced...
[January 17, 2006, 16:40]
Windows Wi-Fi attack discovered
News The feature is part of Windows XP and 2000 and was exposed as being vulnerable at hacker conference ShmooCon on Saturday by vulnerability researcher Mark Loveless. A Windows feature that automatically searches for Wi-Fi connections can be exploited...
[January 16, 2006, 15:55]
Windows bug may allow network traffic hijacks
News The problem occurs because of a design bug in the system used by Windows PCs to obtain proxy settings, researchers with security firm IOActive said at the ShmooCon hacker conference in Washington. A problem in the way Windows PCs obtain network...
[March 26, 2007, 8:44]
Mozilla: Vendors still at mercy of bug hunters
News Those "responsible disclosure" efforts have had some effect, but security researchers maintain control over the process, Mozilla security chief Window Snyder said in a panel discussion at the ShmooCon hacker event in Washington.
[March 26, 2007, 9:19]
Researcher warns of Android phone vulnerability
News Miller, who presented a talk on the Android vulnerability at the Shmoocon security conference in Washington, DC, on Saturday, said he notified Google about 17 days before he gave the talk. A researcher who found a security hole in the Android...
[February 13, 2009, 8:58]
