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Black Hat and Defcon conference: roundup
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By Computerworld reporters | Published 11:00, 03 August 07
Security experts gathered at Caesar's Palace in Las Vegas to attend the annual security conference, Black Hat. Delegates, which include federal agents, corporate security professionals, anti-malware companies and hackers, will hear about new security exploits and undergo training in the latest hacking and malware-authoring techniques.
The edgier Defcon "underground" hacker show also kick offs at the Las Vegas Riviera on Wednesday. The annual gathering, which is marking its 15th year, has less of a business focus and is more popular with enthusiasts.
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Two high-profile computer attacks that will influence the topics this year are: the strike on Estonia that crippled the websites of banks, media outlets and government agencies; and a data breach at the parent of TJ Maxx that exposed at least 45 million credit and debit cards to potential fraud.
You can read ComputerworldUK's round-up of stories from the event here
Defcon: Websense lures Web 2.0 attackers with HoneyJax
Security people get update on coping with Web 2.0 challenge
Black Hat conference: US immigration refuses entry to presenter
German security expert refused entry because of presentation materials
Black Hat: Malware detection project seeks EU funds
Project Wombat aims to track malicious software attacks
Black Hat: Web apps over Wi-Fi puts data at risk
Hackers can exploit blogs and emails over Wi-Fi
Browser attack back from the dead
Decade-old hack busts through firewalls
Black Hat: New database attack revealed
Timing attack doesn't need application bugs to work
Black Hat: NSA guru lauds security intelligence sharing
Government and private institutions cannot tackle security problems on their own, says NSA
Black Hat: Microsoft seeks help on virtualisation security
Effort to drive forward technology that was dropped from Windows Server 2008
Black Hat: Hackers hunt invisible rootkits
Blue Pill claims hard to swallow
Black Hat: Hackers crack VoIP phones
Man in the middle can listen to your voicemail....
