10 scariest hacks from Black Hat and Defcon

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.

By Tim Greene | 18 August, 2011 23:45

Tags: blackhat, Defcon, Facebook, hacks, privacy, SAP flaw, siemens s7

Internet-wide problem to be revealed at conference

Organizers of next week's Black Hat Europe conference are promising a security presentation that could impact anyone who uses the Internet, but no details have been released yet.

By Jeremy Kirk | 08 April, 2009 06:53

Tags: blackhat, internet, internet security, security