Tag: security

5 Top Targets for Today’s Hackers

Black Hat USA  bills itself as “the show that sets the benchmark for all other security conferences.” While most conferences tend to over-promote themselves, given the activity at this year’s show, that actually might be something of an understatement. From the defense of government surveillance delivered by NSA Director  General Keith Alexander  to briefings on the coming “cryptopocalypse” and the risks associated with embedded devices and the Internet of Things, Black Hat reminds us that a little bit of paranoia is warranted in today’s connected world.

Your Net Worth Is Online – And Less Safe Than Ever

The Black Hat USA 2013 conference, which kicks off tomorrow in Las Vegas, brings together the  brightest minds in IT security  each year — those who are responsible for perpetrating and protecting against the latest hacks and vulnerabilities. And not a second too soon, since every week seems to usher in another security catastrophe. This week’s shocker  was the outing of a hole in mobile device SIM cards, by Karsten Nohl, the founder of Security Research Labs in Berlin