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Black Hat USA 2020 Preview: Election Security, COVID Disinformation and More
2020-07-31 10:30

I know, it's not presented by Charlie Miller and Chris Valasek, necessarily, but there is always really cool car security research that comes out of Black Hat. You know, it'll be interesting to see how I mean how the vendors deal with communicating their messages outside of the Black Hat in a sense that you know, so much about Black Hat wasn't actually about the sessions, but some of the off-site stuff and some of the meet and greets and some of the private briefings.

BDO USA unveiled Athenagy, a business intelligence platform for managed services
2020-07-27 22:30

BDO USA launched Athenagy, a proprietary business intelligence platform for legal professionals. Designed to integrate with a highly secure, customized Relativity®One environment, Athenagy helps legal professionals not just manage the business of e-discovery, but optimize it.

US Lawmakers Push for Internet Privacy Amendments to USA Freedom Act
2020-05-27 11:49

United States lawmakers this week will vote on an amendment to the surveillance bill known as the USA FREEDOM Reauthorization Act that would limit law enforcement access to people's search and browsing histories. Enacted in June 2015, the USA FREEDOM Act amends, among others, the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978, and USA PATRIOT Act, imposing limits on the bulk collection of data on U.S. citizens by the National Security Agency and other intelligence agencies.

Black Hat USA, DEF CON 28 Go Virtual
2020-05-08 19:49

Cybersecurity conferences Black Hat USA and DEF CON 28 will not be held in person this year due to the coronavirus pandemic. Both back-to-back annual conferences were set to take place in Las Vegas this year; Black Hat USA on Aug. 1 to 6, 2020, and DEF CON 28 on Aug. 7 to 9, 2020.

Surprise surprise! Hostile states are hacking coronavirus vaccine research, warn UK and USA intelligence
2020-05-05 19:01

Foreign state hackers are trying to brute-force their way into pharmaceutical and medical research agencies hunting for a COVID-19 vaccine, British and American infosec agencies are warning. The National Cyber Security Centre and America's Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency cautioned of a "Password spraying" campaign targeting healthcare and medical research organisations.

RSA Conference 2020 USA: What you can expect at this year’s event
2020-01-06 05:00

It's that time of year: RSA Conference 2020 USA is coming up in February. RSA Conference is in its 29th year, having grown and evolved to serve the changing needs of the members of the whole cybersecurity community.

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...

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,...

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 USA 2019 Preview
2019-07-31 13:00

Threatpost editors discuss the top trends, keynotes and sessions that they look forward to at Black Hat USA and DEF CON 2019.