10 scariest hacks from Black Hat and Defcon
Researchers showed all manner of serious attacks on everything from browsers to automobiles.
Hack week in Vegas
During the Black Hat and Defcon conferences in Las Vegas last week, researchers wheeled out their best new attacks on everything from browsers to automobiles, demonstrating ingenuity and diligence in circumventing security efforts or in some cases in exploiting systems that were built without security in mind. Here's a handful of the ones that deserve the most concern.
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