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12 Intriguing Scenes From Black Hat 2008

The Black Hat security conference has never been short on intrigue, and this year's event offered plenty. From security researcher Dan Kaminsky's blockbuster DNS vulnerability presentation, to...

Black Hat Reporters Accused of Hacking IT Pubs

The French Global Security Magazine reporters allegedly intercepted the usernames and passwords of fellow Black Hat journalists by hacking into the conference's wireless network in the press ro...

Kaminsky Reveals Details of Critical DNS Flaw

Kaminsky revealed details of a critical DNS flaw, which he withheld from the public until the Black Hat USA conference in order to allow time for patches to be developed and installed--despite...

Looking inside the Storm worm botnet (CNET)

LAS VEGAS--On Wednesday, Joe Stewart, director of malware research for SecureWorks, presented his work on protocols and encryption used by the Storm worm botnet at Black Hat 2008...

Skittish Apple Withdraws Black Hat Presentation

Apple has canceled a planned panel discussion on its security practices that was to have taken place later this week at the Black Hat security conference in Las Vegas...

Get Ready For Google Gadget Malware (TechWeb)

At Black Hat, RSnake is expected to demonstrate a zero-day vulnerability that allows for information theft, spoofing, and authentication issues...

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