Security News

We will hack back if you tamper with our shiz, NATO declares to world's black hats
2019-08-27 15:52

Starting a war over stopped trams? Unlikely, says intelligence boffin NATO's secretary-general has once again declared that members of the alliance will respond with force to cyber-attacks, in...

Company Sues Black Hat Conference Over Mocked Presentation
2019-08-26 14:36

California-based cryptography firm Crown Sterling has filed a lawsuit against UBM, the organizer of the Black Hat cybersecurity conference, after the company’s talk at the latest event in the...

Biz forked out $115k to tout 'Time AI' crypto at Black Hat. Now it sues organizers because hackers heckled it
2019-08-26 08:02

Lawsuit argues event bosses breached deal by failing to prevent audience hostility Crown Sterling, a Newport Beach, California-based biz that calls itself "a leading digital cryptographic firm,"...

Black Hat 2019: Bounties, Breaches and Deepfakes, Oh My!
2019-08-23 15:31

Black Hat 2019 recently wrapped in Las Vegas, where somewhere between 15,000 and 20,000 experts descended to experience the latest developments in the world of cybersecurity. While we saw the...

Black Hat 2019 News Wrap: The Best and Worst of the Show
2019-08-12 15:42

Threatpost breaks down the highs and lows from Black Hat 2019, from new vulnerabilities and industry collaboration to a scandal around a sponsored session.

Week in review: SWAPGS attack, DNS security, vulnerable Siemens PLCs, Black Hat USA 2019
2019-08-11 16:00

Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news, interviews and articles: Embracing the cloud and meeting its security demands You might expect that the largest companies are the...

Black Hat 2019 trends: Social media influence campaigns, big business, ATM hacking
2019-08-09 04:30

TechRepublic's Karen Roby interviews Dan Patterson about the top trends at the Black Hat USA 2019 cybersecurity conference.

Black Hat 2019: Social media influence campaigns, ATM hacking, and big business
2019-08-09 04:24

TechRepublic's Karen Roby interviews Dan Patterson about the top trends at the Black Hat USA 2019 cybersecurity conference.

Black Hat 2019: Addressing Supply-Chain Risk Starts with People, Microsoft Says
2019-08-08 20:13

LAS VEGAS – Supply-chain attacks have nabbed headlines lately thanks to high-profile incidents like the Wipro news last April, where attackers were able to compromise the staffing agency’s network...

Photo gallery: Black Hat USA 2019, part two
2019-08-08 13:35

Black Hat USA 2019 is underway in Las Vegas. Here are a few photos from the Business Hall and the Arsenal. Featured companies: Bugcrowd, Sumo Logic, Devo Technology, Akamai, Rapid7, Qualys,...