Covert Operation Floats Network-Sniffing Balloon

After Riviera hotel management nixed his planned demonstration, one defcon hacker found a way to launch what he calls a warballoon.

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EFF to Appeal Court Order Halting Subway Hacker Talk

The Electronic Frontier Foundation plans to appeal a court order halting a Defcon talk about security problems with Boston-area transit smartcards.

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Black Hat: Reporters Ejected After Black Hat Network Attack

Three French reporters at the Black Hat security conference were ejected for hacking into the show's press network.

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Black Hat: Kaminsky: Many Ways To Attack With DNS

Dan Kaminsky says that SSL sites are also vulnerable to the DNS flaw he discovered.

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Black Hat: CSO Said Cisco Security Is Growing Ip

John Stewart doesn't talk like your typical corporate executive. He said that his company, Cisco Systems, has been lucky when it comes to security and that his company's Self-Defending Network marketing push has painted "a big bull's-eye" on its products.

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Black Hat: Microsoft To Give Vendors An Early Peek At Patches

Starting in October Microsoft plans to give security vendors an early look at technical details of its monthly security updates.

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Apple Nixes Security Engineering Talk

Apple has nixed a security talk by company engineers set for the Black Hat security conference next week.

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