eSecurity Planet

JULY 13, 2023

Now security researchers have discovered a black hat generative AI tool called WormGPT that has none of the ethical restrictions of tools like ChatGPT, making it even easier for hackers to craft cyber attacks based on AI tools. Refining phishing or BEC attack emails using generative AI.

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Dark Reading

JULY 9, 2019

Black Hat USA programming will dive into the ways DevOps-driven shifts in practices and tools are introducing both new vulnerabilities and new ways of securing enterprises.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 17, 2019

The tool was presented by the security duo at the BLACK HAT EUROPE 2018 that revealed Toyota’s plans to share the specifications on Github and will start selling the fully built system in Japan. The carmaker also plans to offer PASTA’s driving simulator programs as open source.

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Dark Reading

JUNE 28, 2019

This year Black Hat USA is introducing special half-day programs focused on important topics that combine subject matter expertise with networking opportunities.

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The Last Watchdog

APRIL 17, 2023

A lack of a risk management program or support from senior management is a glaring weakness in your cybersecurity strategy. A robust risk management program should include regular assessments of security controls and audits to ensure compliance with industry standards and best practices.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 21, 2021

On Thursday, Orange Tsai gave a talk at the Black Hat conference and shared details about the Microsoft Exchange vulnerabilities. Threat actors started actively scanning for the Microsoft Exchange ProxyShell remote code execution flaws after researchers released technical details at the Black Hat hacking conference.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 20, 2019

As announced in August, Apple has now announced the opening of its invite-only bug bounty program to all security researchers. Apple has now announced the opening of its invite-only bug bounty program to all security researchers. This is the biggest payout for a bug bounty program operated by a tech company. Pierluigi Paganini.

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eSecurity Planet

JUNE 28, 2023

Penetration tests are vital components of vulnerability management programs. In these tests, white hat hackers try to find and exploit vulnerabilities in your systems to help you stay one step ahead of cyberattackers. The three approaches are black, white, and gray box penetration tests.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

The weeklong “hacker summer camp” of the combined Black Hat and DefCon drew over 22,000 attendees to Las Vegas last month. There were some interesting sessions and conversations on APIs, bug bounty programs, deep-learning and behavioral analysis. The post Black Hat/DefCon 2019: Where is Quantum?

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 23, 2021

On Thursday, Orange Tsai gave a talk at the Black Hat conference and shared details about the Microsoft Exchange vulnerabilities. Threat actors started actively scanning for the Microsoft Exchange ProxyShell remote code execution flaws after researchers released technical details at the Black Hat hacking conference.

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The Last Watchdog

OCTOBER 4, 2021

Until we can rectify the quality of education and training that our new cyber experts receive, we will continue to be outpaced by the Black Hats.”. “Unfortunately the pipeline of security talent isn’t where it needs to be to help curb the cybercrime epidemic,” says Robert Herjavec, founder and CEO at Herjavec Group. Growing need.

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eSecurity Planet

MARCH 7, 2023

Penetration tests are simulated cyber attacks executed by white hat hackers on systems and networks. Known as black , white , and gray box pentests, these differ in how much information is provided to the pentester before running the simulated attacks. Additionally, tests can be comprehensive or limited.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 6, 2018

At the BLACK HAT EUROPE 2018 held in London the duo presented the tool and confirmed that Toyota plans to share the specifications on Github and will start selling the fully built system in Japan. — Black Hat (@BlackHatEvents) October 10, 2018. ” continues the expert.

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eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 5, 2021

Open source security has been a big focus of this week’s Black Hat conference, but no open source security initiative is bolder than the one proffered by the Open Source Security Foundation (OpenSSF). ” OpenSSF was formed a year ago by the merger of Linux Foundation, GitHub and industry security groups.

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Krebs on Security

MAY 22, 2023

That user advertised a service called “ Quot Project ” which said they could be hired to write programming scripts in Python and C++. None of my friends are engaged in scams or other black [hat] activities.” In May 2020, Zipper told another Lolzteam member that quot[.]pw pw was their domain.

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The Last Watchdog

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

Application Programming Interface. Hackers, both white hats and black hats, have long been fully cognizant about the extent of API vulnerabilities and completely in tune with just how susceptible these flaws are to being remotely manipulated. Where would we be without them? Related: Supply-chain exposures on the rise.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 8, 2019

An open-source bootloader was used to program the device via USB. The black color for the main PCB and the NAND/NOR adapters were chosen because the launch was made during Black Hat Europe 2019 Arsenal.” . “Version 1.31 No external programmer is needed to reflash the ATXmega microcontroller.

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The Last Watchdog

MARCH 29, 2022

In the early days of the Internet, coders created new programs for the sake of writing good code, then made it available for anyone to use and extend, license free. Gaping security holes regularly get discovered by hackers – both white hat and black hat – engaged in probing randomly for soft spots.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 23, 2019

“For purer extortionists, the threat actor TDO used the KickAss forum to recruit individuals with network management, penetration testing, and programming skills. Experts believe that so high salaries could motivate skilled professionals in abandoning bug bounty programs and join the cybercrime arena. Pierluigi Paganini.

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

Tesla is actually in a better position than many to manage security — the company has already taken measures to protect its cars, including creating its own bug bounty program for researchers to submit discovered vulnerabilities. And IoT devices often don’t have the firmware to install antivirus software or other protective tools.

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The Last Watchdog

SEPTEMBER 13, 2018

I met with Skelly at Black Hat USA 2018 and we had a thoughtful discussion about a couple of prominent cybersecurity training issues: bringing diversity into AI systems and closing the cybersecurity skills gap. Women, in particular, need a larger presence in technology fields, generally, and cybersecurity, in particular.

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eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 3, 2023

Daniel Kelley, a reformed black hat hacker and researcher at cybersecurity firm SlashNext, posed as a potential buyer and contacted the individual – “CanadianKingpin12” – who’s been promoting FraudGPT. Kelley said the developers of these tools may soon offer application programming interface (API) access.

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The Security Ledger

AUGUST 6, 2018

In this episode of The Security Ledger Podcast (#107): Hacker Summer Camp takes place in Las Vegas this week as the Black Hat, DEFCON and B-Sides conferences take place. And, in our second segment, The Department of Homeland Security launched a new Risk Analysis Center that sounds a whole lot like some programs it already runs.

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eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

And once a fix is available, the onus is on users to have a strong patch management program in place to apply the fix. Both “black hat” and white hat hackers often use common vulnerability scanning tools to find these security holes. Why do these vulnerabilities pose such a major security risk?

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ForAllSecure

AUGUST 18, 2021

The new Director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), Jen Easterly, opened Day 2 of Black Hat USA 2021 with a remote presentation on Hacking the Cybersecurity Puzzle. There was a recurring theme of a Rubick’s Cube (which Easterly solved in under a minute while on stage). This new initiative will.

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

You can either create your own pentesting program or hire an outside firm to do it for you. But they can be expensive and should be done often, so if you have the expertise on staff, consider developing your own penetration testing program. The program answers what, when, why, and where tests should run.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 8, 2020

Last week, during the Black Hat cybersecurity conference, representatives of Sky-Go and Daimler disclosed the findings of their research. “If we have to debug the TCU client programs dynamically, we need to tamper the filesystem to get an interactive shell with ROOT privileges.” ” reads the research paper.

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The Last Watchdog

AUGUST 21, 2018

I visited with Dan Cornell at Black Hat USA 2018. When crafting an application security program, organizations first need to understand what they want out of that program, Cornell says. Oil and water. Cornell is the chief technology officer at the application security firm Denim Group. Bridging the gap.

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The Last Watchdog

MAY 12, 2021

This detailed intelligence about a ProxyLogon-enabled attack highlights how criminal intruders are blending automation and human programming skills to great effect. It is a sign of the times that even before Microsoft issued an emergency security patch, the global hacking community, both white hats and black hats, knew all about ProxyLogon.

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Schneier on Security

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

And there is an entire industry of black-hat hackers who exploit vulnerabilities in the tax code: we call them accountants and tax attorneys. You can find hacks in professional sports, in customer reward programs, in financial systems, in politics; in lots of economic, political, and social systems; against our cognitive functions.

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Cyber Info Veritas

AUGUST 9, 2018

Would you like to know how to protect yourself from the ever-present threat of cybercrime perpetrated by black hat hackers? We shall start with the most basic: personal security against cybercrimes: NOTE: You may have noticed the use of the term black hat hackers. Black hat hackers are the bad kind.

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The Last Watchdog

AUGUST 23, 2018

I had a chance to speak with Mark Nunnikhoven, Trend Micro’s Vice President for Cloud Research, at Black Hat USA 2018. It operates five education centers around the world offering six-week, intensive training programs, ultimately putting about 200 new workers in cyber jobs per quarter. Real-world approach.

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The Last Watchdog

SEPTEMBER 24, 2019

Related: ‘Cyber Pearl Harbor’ is upon us There are dozens technology giants, cybersecurity vendors, government agencies and industry consortiums that identify and blacklist IP addresses and web page URLs that are obviously being used maliciously; and hundreds more independent white hat hackers are doing much the same.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 11, 2019

“ The researchers reported their finding to Siemens and presented the attack technique (dubbed “Rogue7” ) at the Black Hat security conference held in Las Vegas last week. Our strongest attack – the stealth program injection attack – can separately modify the running code and the source code, which are both downloaded to the PLC.

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eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 22, 2022

The program did a scan and provided me with a list of hundreds of “possible problems” written in technical lingo. KnowBe4, for example, has offered previews at the Black Hat USA conference of a new product known as SecurityCoach , which will be integrated into its suite of security awareness training tools.

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Schneier on Security

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

And there are thousands of black-hat researchers who examine every line of the tax code looking for exploitable vulnerabilities—tax attorneys and tax accountants. Engineers programmed the software in the car’s onboard computer to detect when the car was undergoing an emissions test. Estimates are that U.S.

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The Last Watchdog

NOVEMBER 20, 2019

I had the chance to visit with Willy Leichter, Virsec’s vice president of marketing, at Black Hat 2019. Runtime is the period a software program is open and running, with pieces of the application loaded into the RAM (random access memory) and doing computations off of the computing device’s CPU (central processing unit.)

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