A researcher finds 15K+ hardcoded secrets and 66K vulnerable websites, including details on accessing Stanford's Slack, by searching overlooked data sources
Security researcher Bill Demirkapi found more than 15,000 hardcoded secrets and 66,000 vulnerable websites—all by searching overlooked data sources. Forums: r/technews , r/cybersecurity , r/Nebraska ,...
Teens replicated a 2008 hack of Boston's subway fare system and were invited to present their work, a contrast to the transit authority's response 15 years ago
In 2008, Boston's transit authority sued to stop MIT hackers from presenting at the Defcon hacker conference on how to get free subway rides. Mastodon: @jennifer@defcon.social . X: @kurtopsahl and @a_...
Dan Kaminsky, the celebrated security researcher widely known for his work on discovering crucial DNS security flaws and Sony Rootkit infections, has died at 42
Saddened by news of the death of Dan Kaminsky, a member of the ICANN Trusted … Pierluigi Paganini / Security Affairs : The cybersecurity researcher Dan Kaminsky has died Tweets: Sarah B / @sarahbrie :...
Q&A with Chris Sacca on his brief retirement, Trump and Biden, investing in climate startups, how investing has changed, NFTs, and more
In 2015, venture capitalist Chris Sacca was one of Silicon Valley's most influential investors, No. 3 on the Midas List with more than one million Twitter followers … Tweets: @sacca , @alexrkonrad , @...
Both Defcon and Black Hat, originally scheduled for August, have cancelled in-person events, instead opting to host conferences online
and I, for one, am looking forward to it 😈 https://twitter.com/... Marc Rogers / @marcwrogers : DEF CON is officially cancelled. https://forum.defcon.org/... we will be putting on an online event inst...
Both Defcon and Black Hat, originally scheduled for August, have cancelled in-person events, instead opting to host conferences online
For real this time. Its sister conference, Black Hat, has also been called off. — For years, a simple and elegant inside joke has permeated Defcon, the influential hacking conference.
Some Defcon attendees discuss why people are still getting hacked and what the cybersecurity community needs to do better
why are people still getting hacked, and what is one thing the cybersecurity industry needs to do better. Wide variety of answers https://www.vice.com/... pic.twitter.com/tCxZfEyj52
Some Defcon attendees discuss why people are still getting hacked and what the cybersecurity community needs to do better
The cybersecurity industry is worth billions of dollars, and tens of thousands of people attend Black Hat and Def Con every year. So, are we getting any safer?
Defcon has a prototype secure voting machine for hacking, funded by a $10M DARPA project aimed at developing an open source voting platform on secure hardware
At this year's Defcon hacking conference, Darpa brought the beginnings of what it hopes will be impervious hardware.
Defcon attendees say corporate demands, widespread professionalization, and bug bounty programs are reshaping hackers' attitudes toward privacy and anonymity
and, most importantly, role models for the younger generations of hackers,” she said. http://twitter.com/...