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open DEF CON badge disagreement gets physical as firmware dev removed from event stage 38
open DEF CON Franklin project enlists hackers to harden critical infrastructure 2
By DS999
open What a glimpse inside the Black Hat NOC reveals about infosec pros' security habits 3
open How to ingeniously and wirelessly inject malware onto someone's nearby Windows PC via Google's Quick Share 16
By ExpatZ
open Secure Web Gateways are anything but as infosec hounds spot dozens of bypasses 20
By Telman
open Software innovation just isn't what it used to be, and Moxie Marlinspike blames Agile 66
open Ransomware groups are better at web app security than you, says researcher 10
By druck
open Lawyers say US cybersecurity law too ambiguous to protect AI security researchers 1
open If you give Copilot the reins, don't be surprised when it spills your secrets 18
open Your victim's Windows PC fully patched? Just force undo its updates and exploit away 8
By mpi
open Cloud storage lockers from Microsoft and Google used to store and spread state-sponsored malware 2
open Devices with insecure SSH services are everywhere, say infosec duo 10
open AWS 'Bucket Monopoly' attacks could allow complete account takeover 2
open Faulty instructions in Alibaba's T-Head C910 RISC-V CPUs blow away all security 48
open Lights, camera, AI! Real-time deepfakes coming to DEF CON 15
open Bomb scare causes mass evacuation at DEF CON 6
By big_D
open Let's play... Force off the power to someone else's datacenter systems 14
open Inside the Black Hat network operations center, volunteers work in geek heaven 10
By JT_3K
open Veilid: A secure peer-to-peer network for apps that flips off the surveillance economy 35
open Want to pwn a satellite? Turns out it's surprisingly easy 64
open Infosec imposter syndrome is real. Here's something that can help 9
open CISA boss says US alliance with Ukraine over past year is closer than Five Eyes 14
open Microsoft OneDrive a willing and eager 'ransomware double agent' 13
By sarusa
open Microsoft 365 guest accounts + Power Apps = security nightmare 5
open Shifting to two-factor auth is hard to do. GitHub recommends the long game 24
By claimed
open Google AI red team lead says this is how criminals will likely use ML for evil 3
open Ukraine's Victor Zhora: Russia's cyber 'war crimes' will continue after ground invasion ends 21
By Casca
open CLI-beautifying ANSI escape sequences can also make your log files a security threat 32
open DARPA tells AI world: Make a model that secures software, there's $25M in it for you 8
open Say hello to Downfall, another data-leaking security hole in several years of Intel chips 10
open Can 'Mad Libs for incident response' prevent the next MOVEit fiasco? 5
open It's that time of the year again: The trinity of infosec conferences 9
open Tesla hackers turn to voltage glitching to unlock paywalled features 55
open Barts NHS hack leaves folks on tenterhooks over extortion 23
open LockBit louts unload ransomware at Japan’s most prolific cargo port 1
open RAM-ramming Rowhammer is back – to uniquely fingerprint devices 30
open Singapore tells crypto operators: act like grown up financial institutions 10
open You've patched right? '340K+ Fortinet firewalls' wide open to critical security bug 13
open Us, hacked by LockBit? No, says TSMC, that would be our IT supplier 3