Black Hat

Your victim's Windows PC fully patched? Just force undo its updates and exploit away

Black Hat This guy showed the world how – with the right level of access

Black Hat and DEF CON08 Aug 2024 | 8

Cloud storage lockers from Microsoft and Google used to store and spread state-sponsored malware

Black Hat Why run your own evil infrastructure when Big Tech offers robust tools hosted at trusted URLs?

Black Hat and DEF CON08 Aug 2024 | 2

Devices with insecure SSH services are everywhere, say infosec duo

Black Hat 'Serendipitous' discovery may have you second guessing your appliances

Black Hat and DEF CON07 Aug 2024 | 10

AWS 'Bucket Monopoly' attacks could allow complete account takeover

Black Hat Vulnerable services fixed by the cloud biz but open source projects still at risk

Black Hat and DEF CON07 Aug 2024 | 2

DEF CON is canceled! No, really this time – but the show will go on

Longtime host Caesars ends relationship at short notice

Security07 Feb 2024 | 39

Bomb scare causes mass evacuation at DEF CON

DEF CON Summer Camp is over and what has been done? Have aspirations shriveled in the Sun?

Black Hat and DEF CON14 Aug 2023 | 6

Inside the Black Hat network operations center, volunteers work in geek heaven

Black Hat NOC, NOC ... Who's there?

Black Hat and DEF CON12 Aug 2023 | 10

Want to pwn a satellite? Turns out it's surprisingly easy

Black Hat PhD student admits he probably shouldn't have given this talk

Black Hat and DEF CON11 Aug 2023 | 64

Infosec imposter syndrome is real. Here's something that can help

Black Hat Talk about an insider threat

Black Hat and DEF CON10 Aug 2023 | 9

CISA boss says US alliance with Ukraine over past year is closer than Five Eyes

Black Hat And maybe shore up that critical infrastructure some more, America

Black Hat and DEF CON10 Aug 2023 | 14

Microsoft OneDrive a willing and eager 'ransomware double agent'

Black Hat No one will suspect such a trustworthy executable

Black Hat and DEF CON10 Aug 2023 | 13

Microsoft 365 guest accounts + Power Apps = security nightmare

Black Hat A login, a PA trial license, and some good old hacking are all that's needed to nab SQL databases

Black Hat and DEF CON10 Aug 2023 | 5

Shifting to two-factor auth is hard to do. GitHub recommends the long game

Black Hat Slow and steady wins this race with users

Black Hat and DEF CON10 Aug 2023 | 25

Ukraine's Victor Zhora: Russia's cyber 'war crimes' will continue after ground invasion ends

Black Hat International laws needed 'to bring accountability' govt chief tells The Reg

Black Hat and DEF CON09 Aug 2023 | 21

CLI-beautifying ANSI escape sequences can also make your log files a security threat

Black Hat When you can't even cat your telemetry safely, who can you trust?

Black Hat and DEF CON09 Aug 2023 | 32

DARPA tells AI world: Make a model that secures software, there's $25M in it for you

Black Hat If you're so smart, prove it by safeguarding our infrastructure

Black Hat and DEF CON09 Aug 2023 | 8

Can 'Mad Libs for incident response' prevent the next MOVEit fiasco?

Black Hat IBM X-Force lead says yes

Black Hat and DEF CON09 Aug 2023 | 5

It's that time of the year again: The trinity of infosec conferences

Black Hat A quick guide to Hacker Summer Camp

Black Hat and DEF CON09 Aug 2023 | 9

Tesla hackers turn to voltage glitching to unlock paywalled features

Black Hat Oh, this old thing? Yeah, it's got an AMD processor. Why?

Black Hat and DEF CON07 Aug 2023 | 55

Shout-out to whoever went to Black Hat and had North Korean malware on their PC

I am the one who NOCs

CSO25 Aug 2022 | 25

Black Hat and DEF CON visitors differ on physical risk management

Black Hat COVID, flood surfing, crowds – what to pick?

Security15 Aug 2022 | 17

Ukraine's cyber chief comes to Black Hat in surprise visit

Black Hat In Brief TL;DR: The news isn't good

Security13 Aug 2022 | 6

Starlink satellite dish cracked on stage at Black Hat

Black Hat Once the modchip plans are live, you can, too

Security12 Aug 2022 | 19

Intel ups protection against physical chip attacks in Alder Lake

Black Hat Repurposes logic originally used for spotting variations in voltage, timing in older circuits to help performance

Security12 Aug 2022 | 4

FAANGs failing on keeping user data safe from bug hunters

Black Hat Time to call in the legal team

Security12 Aug 2022 | 3

Security needs to learn from the aviation biz to avoid crashing

Black Hat video 'Until someone has to go to jail for doing it wrong the teeth are not going to be the same'

Security11 Aug 2022 | 89

Russian invasion has dangerously destabilized cyber security norms

Black Hat The inside scoop on the Ukrainian IT army, and what could happen next

Security11 Aug 2022 | 33

AWS and Splunk partner for faster cyberattack response

Black Hat OCSF initiative will give enterprise security teams an open standard for moving and analyzing threat data

Security11 Aug 2022 |

Ex-CIA security boss predicts coming crackdown on spyware

Black Hat video Plus, spoiler alert: ransomware is gonna get a lot worse

Security11 Aug 2022 | 3

Don't be surprised if your organization suffers multiple cyberattacks

Black Hat Failing to fix flaws, a crowded threat group scene, RaaS, and dependencies among crooks are fueling the trend

Security11 Aug 2022 | 5

Meta privacy red team lead: Does your business know its privacy adversaries?

Black Hat Video Ethical hackers, but for privacy programs

Security11 Aug 2022 | 4

Ex-CISA chief Krebs calls for US to get serious on security

Black Hat Black Hat kicks off with call for single infosec agency with real clout and less confused crossover

Security10 Aug 2022 | 10

As Black Hat kicks off, the US government is getting the message on hiring security talent

Black Hat Video Katie Moussouris tells it like it is

Security10 Aug 2022 | 11

Black Hat security conference returns to Las Vegas – complete with hacks to quiet the hotel guest from hell

In Brief And a very scary story of a job that went from white hat to murky shades of gray in the United Arab Emirates

Security09 Aug 2021 | 8

Pay ransomware crooks, or restore the network? Guess which way this city chose after weighing up the costs

In brief Plus: Sec wizard shows another way to pwn Mac users

Security10 Aug 2020 | 41

So you've decided you want to write a Windows rootkit. Good thing this chap's just demystified it in a talk

DEF CON Demirkapi shows how drivers can be misused for deep pwnage

OSes07 Aug 2020 | 6

When it comes to hacking societies, Russia remains the master at sowing discord and disinformation online

Black Hat China can't hold a candle to GRU's shenanigans, says expert

Security06 Aug 2020 | 53

US voting hardware maker's shock discovery: Security improves when you actually work with the community

Black Hat ES&S takes the bold step of not ignoring vulnerability reports

Security06 Aug 2020 | 19

Ever wonder how a pentest turns into felony charges? Coalfire duo explain Iowa courthouse arrest debacle

Black Hat Get. The. Terms. Of. The. Audit. In. Writing

Security05 Aug 2020 | 49

America was getting on top of its electronic voting machine security – then suddenly... A wild pandemic appears

Black Hat 'We need to prepare for a number of scenarios that may not come to fruition' says Prof Blaze

Security05 Aug 2020 | 12

DEF CON is canceled... No, for real. The in-person event is canceled. We're not joking. It's canceled. We mean it

Virus knocks hackers online: Show will try going virtual amid pandemic

Security08 May 2020 | 9

WTF is Boeing on? Not just customer databases lying around on the web. 787 jetliner code, too, security bugs and all

Black Hat Fears of cyber-hijackings? That's plane crazy, says Dreamliner maker

Security08 Aug 2019 | 137

Ignore the noise about a scary hidden backdoor in Intel processors: It's a fascinating debug port

VISA: It's everywhere (on the system bus) you want to be

On-Prem29 Mar 2019 | 48

Black-hat sextortionists required: Competitive salary and dental plan

Cybercrims aren't just raking it in – they're dishing it out too

Security21 Feb 2019 | 17

Just because you're paranoid doesn't mean hackers won't nuke your employer into the ground tomorrow

Black Hat survey on infosec's darkest fears

Security14 Nov 2018 | 20

Black hats are baddie hackers, white hats are goodies, grey hats will sell IP to kids in hoodies

Survey says one in five security pros have been asked to screw over their employer

Security28 Aug 2018 | 17

Et tu, Brute? Then fail, Caesars: When it's hotel staff, not the hackers, invading folks' privacy

Comment El Reg vulture's take on the upset at this year's Black Hat and DEF CON

Security20 Aug 2018 | 96

'Oh sh..' – the moment an infosec bod realized he was tracking a cop car's movements by its leaky cellular gateway

Black Hat Internet boxes blab coordinates on login pages

Security18 Aug 2018 | 86

Google Spectre whizz kicked out of Caesars, blocked from DEF CON over hack 'attack' tweet

Updated 'Chaos specialist' Linton's e-quip backfires

Security10 Aug 2018 | 101

Hackers can cook you alive using 'microwave oven' sat-comms – claim

Black Hat Planes, ships, military equipment at risk due to backdoors, vulns

Security10 Aug 2018 | 36

Spec-exec CPU bugs sweep hacking Oscars – and John McAfee’s in there like a bullet

Black Hat Fun and frolics at the 2018 Pwnie Awards

Security10 Aug 2018 | 2

Can we talk about the little backdoors in data center servers, please?

Black Hat Remote management a double-edged sword, IT admins warned at hacking conference

Security10 Aug 2018 | 15

Say what you will about self-driving cars – the security is looking 'OK'

Black Hat Miller, Valasek discuss today and tomorrow's robo-ride defenses

Security10 Aug 2018 | 29

Should I infect this PC, wonders malware. Let me ask my neural net...

Black Hat How does it work? Nobody really knows what goes on in the black box

Security09 Aug 2018 | 11

Revealed: El Reg blew lid off Meltdown CPU bug before Intel told US govt – and how bitter tech rivals teamed up

Black Hat Panel spills beans on beans spilled

Security09 Aug 2018 | 46

Stress, bad workplace cultures are still driving security folk to drink

Black Hat Self-medicating with booze is no answer, hackers warned at conference

Security08 Aug 2018 | 51