Security

Flying to Defcon with no ID

Hacker finds that Logan International Airport's procedure for handling people without an ID has a few security problems

EFF to appeal court order halting subway hacker talk at Defcon

Defcon presentation would have detailed flaws in the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority electronic ticketing system

Wall of Sheep: Coming to your company?

Defcon displays a long list of details showing who at the hacker conference has sent readable data using insecure wireless connections

J2ME breach infects Nokia phones

Researcher Adam Gowdiak reveals critical Java bugs in Nokia phones

Black Hat conference spotlights virtualization, DNS issues

This year's Black Hat conference had more vendor booths, more talk of the perils of virtualization and Cisco's weak spots, and more DNS discussion

Researchers look to cloud computing to fight malware

CloudAV combines 10 antivirus engines and two behavioral detection ones into one service aimed at trapping malicious software

Inside Black Hat and Defcon 2008

Visualization tools may cut through the security logjam

Black Hat presentations show a new spin on detecting potential threats

Google Gadgets an open door for attack

Researchers at Black Hat say those who use Google and specifically Gmail are most vulnerable to attack from a 'hole' in Google Gadgets

Reporters ejected after Black Hat network attack

Reporters ran hacking tools on the press room network at Black Hat in an effort to gain information from fellow journalists, according to conference organizers