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Hacking police radios: 30-year-old crypto flaws in the spotlight

July 24, 2023 0 Comments Black Hat, black haty, Cryptography, kerckhoff's principle, tetra, vulnerability

Credit to Author: Paul Ducklin| Date: Mon, 24 Jul 2023 16:59:43 +0000

“Three may keep a secret, if two of them are dead.”

Coronavirus impacts security conferences and events: check your schedule

March 17, 2020 0 Comments Black Hat, bsides, cancellations, Conferences, coronavirus, DEF CON, disruption, events, infosec, rsa, rsa conference, security conference, security conferences, security event, security world

Credit to Author: Christopher Boyd| Date: Thu, 12 Mar 2020 18:02:04 +0000

We look at upcoming cancellations, postponements, and moves to virtual for security conferences in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic.

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Former hacker warns against password reuse

September 17, 2019 0 Comments Black Hat, Hacker, kyle milliken, password reuse, password security, security threats, white hat

Credit to Author: Danny Bradbury| Date: Tue, 17 Sep 2019 11:07:48 +0000

Kyle Milliken is back from jail, and he has some advice for you: Do. Not. Reuse. Your. Passwords.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/oanr10aGwhI” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Fake news doesn’t (always) fool mice

August 13, 2019 0 Comments adorable science, animals, Black Hat, deep fakes, fake news, GANs, Institute of Neuroscience, Machine Learning, mice, research, rodents, speech, trained mice, University of Oregon

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Tue, 13 Aug 2019 14:05:34 +0000

Mice can interpret speech phonemes correctly up to 80% of the time without falling for semantic hoodwinks like humans do.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/DOZxZWFWABA” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Apple will hand out unlocked iPhones to vetted researchers

August 12, 2019 0 Comments Apple, Black Hat, bounties, dev-fused iPhone, ethical hackers, hackerone, iOS, iOS Security Research Device Program, iPhones, jailbroken, MacOS, Mobile, Operating Systems, security threats, vulnerability

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Mon, 12 Aug 2019 11:44:22 +0000

It formalizes the reality: “pre-jailbroken” iPhones were already on the black market.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/SFMBPoyjIsk” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Black Hat 2019 and DEF CON 27: What to expect at hacker summer camp | TECH(talk)

August 1, 2019 0 Comments Black Hat, Security

Every year, thousands of hackers arrive in Las Vegas for three large security conferences — DEF CON, Black Hat and Bsides Las Vegas — taking place from Monday through Sunday next week. CSO Online's J.M. Porup chats with Juliet about what to expect at the conferences' sessions and what he's looking forward to.