I was out of town, so Rich was joined this week by persistent-guest-host Zach Lanier of N0where.org and the Liquidmatrix Security Digest. We’re pretty amazed Zach agreed to join us again after all the abuse at Black Hat and DefCon.
We play it straight this week as we roll through a string of security news and [...]
When heading to Las Vegas for Black Hat and Defcon, there are a number of basic security measures many of us take. Phone wireless off:check. Phone bluetooth off: check. Laptop wireless and bluetooth off: check. Use an ATM that’s no where near either Caesar’s or the Riviera: check. Which turned out to be a very [...]
Jeff Moss, aka Dark Tangent, is the founder and organizer of Black Hat and Defcon. I had a few minutes to sit down with him today to ask about the attendance at this year’s Defcon, the rumors about the Riviera Hotel closing before the 2010 conference and the badge shortages this year.
Defcon Microcast 2 [...]
At times, the features used to help secure browsers and keep communications private are less effective than users think — and may even be a detriment to privacy. Joshua “Jabra” Abraham and Robert “RSnake” Hansen, in their talk “Unmasking You”, used techniques to yield some juicy tidbits about a target’s browsing habits, installed software, and more. [...]
While many talks at BlackHat focus on security from a technical standpoint, James Arlen and Tiffany Rad presented on something a bit different — securing yourself. The talk, entitled “Your Mind – Legal Status, Rights and Securing Yourself”, focused on current and future legal, privacy, and data ownership issues that affect just about all of [...]




















