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Black Hat 2019: WhatsApp Users Still Open to Message Manipulation
2019-08-08 12:00

Attack vectors disclosed last year are still fully exploitable, researchers demoed at Black Hat USA 2019.

Photo gallery: Black Hat USA 2019
2019-08-07 22:58

Black Hat USA 2019 is underway in Las Vegas. Here are a few photos from the Business Hall and the Arsenal. Featured companies: Qualys, Anomali, Vectra, Irdeto, ReliaQuest, F5 Networks. The post...

Black Hat 2019: 5G Security Flaw Allows MiTM, Targeted Attacks
2019-08-07 22:57

Academic researchers carry out attacks on high-end commercial devices as well as narrowband IoT sensors.

Black Hat 2019: Ethical Hackers Must Protect Digital Human Rights
2019-08-07 20:31

From government surveillance to domestic abuse, technology is being used in new and disturbing ways that threaten human rights - how can the security industry fight back?

Black Hat 2019: Microsoft Protocol Flaw Leaves Azure Users Open to Attack
2019-08-07 20:00

At Black Hat USA 2019, researchers showed how a previously-disclosed flaw on Windows systems that could allow arbitrary code execution could also impact Hyper-V.

Black Hat 2019: Security’s Powerful Cultural Transformation
2019-08-07 18:20

Dino Dai Zovi, mobile security lead at Square, discusses ongoing transformation in security's role in the workplace during the keynote.

Black Hat: LeapFrog Tablet Flaws Let Attackers Track, Message Kids
2019-08-07 11:30

Several serious privacy flaws in a kid's tablet were disclosed this year at Black Hat, which could allow a bad actor to track or send messages to children.

Qualys bringing new prescription for security to Black Hat and DEF CON 2019
2019-08-07 01:08

At this year’s Black Hat, Qualys is bringing a new prescription for security — the company is providing its Global IT Asset Discovery and Inventory application to businesses for free. This tool is...

How to avoid getting burned at Black Hat, destroyed at DEF CON or blindsided by Bsides
2019-08-05 19:07

The noob's guide to Hacker Summer Camp in Las Vegas Black Hat It's that time of year again and the world's white, grey and the occasional black-hat hackers descends into the fetid hell that is Las...

It's Black Hat and DEF CON in Vegas this week. And yup, you know what that means. Hotel room searches for guns
2019-08-05 09:01

Because it's America, it's 2019, and after more mass shootings, let alone Mandalay Bay, no one's taking chances Black Hat If you're heading off the Black Hat and DEF CON security conferences in...