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1. Reporters booted from Black Hat for hacking

   (Security/Security Features)

   Thursday, 07 August 2008

   Three French reporters attending the Black Hat computer security conference have been banned for life for sniffing the press room network.  The hackers worked for a French security publication ...

2. Wall of Sheep catches security pros at Black Hat

   (Security/Security Features)

   Thursday, 07 August 2008

   The security pros at Black Hat got a little surprise this year with the appearance of the infamous Wall of Sheep.  Run by a loose group of volunteers, the wall displays usernames, passwords (partially ...

3. Black Hat friendly fire – press on press hacking

   (Security/Security Features)

   Thursday, 07 August 2008

     The press at the Black Hat and Defcon conventions have always been somewhat exempt from hacking, but today we saw journalist on journalist hacking with editors from Eweek and News.com as the victims. ...

4. Let the (War)games begin! Black Hat and Defcon hacking conventions begin

   (Security/Security Features)

   Wednesday, 06 August 2008

     For the next week, the brightest computer security minds are meeting in Las Vegas to drum up new ways of breaking into and protecting networks.  The annual pilgrimage can be described as ...

5. TG Video: Wirelessly hacking Gmail and more - tutorial

   (Security/Security Features)

   Thursday, 11 October 2007

   ... A couple of months ago we wrote about the ‘Point and Click’ Gmail hacking techniques demonstrated at the Blackhat and Defcon computer security conventions, but for many people simply reading ...

6. MySpace obliterates security researcher’s profile page

   (Security/Security Features)

   Monday, 06 August 2007

   MySpace gave a digital smackdown to a security researcher yesterday after he had disclosed security vulnerabilities in the popular social networking site. Las Vegas (NV) – MySpace gave a digital ...

7. NBC Dateline trying to expose malicious hackers at Defcon

   (Security/Security Features)

   Friday, 03 August 2007

   Thousands of eager computer security geeks flooded into the Riviera casino in Las Vegas for the 15th annual Defcon convention today. The convention is only a few hours old, but there’s already ...

8. Point and click Gmail hacking at Black Hat

   (Security/Security Features)

   Thursday, 02 August 2007

   ... at Blackhat   Las Vegas (NV) – I’ve just received an email that says “I like sheep”, but it wasn’t sent by my friend – it was sent by a hacker posing as my friend.  ...

9. Masters of technology return for BlackHat/Defcon

   (Security/Security Features)

   Tuesday, 24 July 2007

   It’s that time of the year again and the annual BlackHat and Defcon computer security conventions are returning to Las Vegas. Las Vegas (NV) – It’s that time of the year again and ...

10. Defcon 2006: Casinos could be losing millions to slot machine hackers

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    Tuesday, 08 August 2006

    For some slot machine cheaters, a simple push of a remote control can empty a slot machine in seconds. These remote controls have been available to criminals for a few years, but now a small company in ...

11. Las Vegas braces for computer security gurus

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    Wednesday, 02 August 2006

    Thousands of computer security gurus and hackers are returning to Las Vegas this week for the Blackhat and Defcon conventions. Defcon's new home hotel, the Riviera, is bracing for computer problems and ...