Researchers: Square Card Reader Provides Straight Line to Illicit Cash?
Security researchers at the Black Hat Briefings demonstrated a method for turning purloined credit card information into cash, this time using Square, a free credit card reader that promises to turn...
View ArticleOPINION: Are Anonymous Members Forged in the Crucible of IT Compliance?
By B.K. DeLongWith alleged Anonymous leadership such as Sabu and opponents such as th3j35t3r tweeting about their supposed shenanigans in Las Vegas, the question on everyone's mind this week is whether...
View ArticleDEFCON Round Up: The Good, The Bad and The Underage
DEFCON, the cash-only, aliases-welcome hacker conference took place in the moral vacuum of Las Vegas, Nevada this weekend, as it has every Summer since 1993. This year there was no shortage of...
View ArticleFive Questions About Aaron Barr’s DEFCON (by Aaron Barr)
Editor's note: Finding Aaron Barr at this year's DEFCON hacker conference in Las Vegas was like a giant game of "Where's Waldo." Given the events of the past year, you can hardly blame him for keeping...
View ArticleInsulin Pump Hack Garners Federal Attention
The hack of a commercially available insulin pump earlier this month at the DEFCON hacker conference has attracted the attention of members of the House Energy & Commerce Committee, which is now...
View ArticleRethinking DEFCON
By Rob LemosFor nearly two decades, the DEFCON hacking conference has brought together people with an interest in investigating technology and cracking security. In recent years, however, DEFCON has...
View ArticleFortune 500 Gets “F” In Social Engineering Hacking Test
It was another year, another "F" for the top, U.S. firms targeted in the annual Social Engineering Capture the Flag (CTF) Contest at the DEFCON hacking conference, according to a report released on...
View ArticleForget ‘Brogrammers,’ Women Have The Edge In DEFCON Social Engineering Contest
Men may dominate the ranks of vulnerability researchers and hackers. But could women be the superior social engineers? Its a question that the organizers of the annual Social Engineering Capture the...
View ArticleDEFCON Kids Returns, Now With 0-Day
DEFCON is inviting the kids back again this year for the second edition of DEFCON Kids, and this time, there's zero-days involved.read more
View ArticleFirms Need ‘Tough Love’ In Struggle Against APTs
Black Hat is upon us and, with it, a lot of chatter about the dangers posed by so-called "APT," or advanced persistent threats. Rather than get trapped in the hype bubble, Threatpost editor Paul...
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