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Researcher wows Black Hat with NFC-based smartphone hacking demo

Charlie Miller shows how it’s possible—though not easy—to trick Nokia 9 and Google/Samsung Nexus S smartphones

Jul 26, 2012 2 mins

Cellular Networks Networking Wi-Fi

Tool released at Black Hat contains 150 ways to bypass Web application firewalls

New tool can test if Web application firewalls are vulnerable to protocol-level evasion techniques

Jul 26, 2012 3 mins

Access Control Intrusion Detection Software Small and Medium Business

Black Hat: Cyber-espionage operations vast yet highly focused, researcher claims

Dell SecureWorks report on advanced persistent threats warns against security companies conducting cyber-espionage

Jul 25, 2012 4 mins

Advanced Persistent Threats Cybercrime Malware

P2P ‘Gameover ZeuS’ seen as largest bank-theft botnet

Dell SecureWorks researcher Brett Stone-Gross deconstructs dangerous money stealer

Jul 25, 2012 4 mins

Cybercrime Security

A phishing tale about the story that got away

Lesson reaffirmed: Just because something's obvious doesn't mean it's true

Jul 25, 2012 3 mins

Cybercrime Malware Security

US groups: Foreign cloud providers marketing against privacy concerns

Companies and governments outside the U.S. are using privacy issues to drive business away from U.S. vendors, groups say

Jul 25, 2012 3 mins

Cloud Computing Data Center Manufacturing Industry

Riverbed, Juniper enter technology-sharing partnership

Upsides seen for both companies in licensing deal

Jul 25, 2012 3 mins

Data Breach Network Management Software WAN Optimization

Microsoft beefs up anti-exploit tool with tech from $250K contest finalist

EMET 3.5 includes settings inspired by BlueHat Prize finalist Ivan Fratric

Jul 25, 2012 6 mins

Computers and Peripherals Malware Microsoft

Card game turns you into White Hat hacker

Black Hat security conference: University of Washington creation gives you vicarious thrills of social engineering, lock picking

Jul 25, 2012 2 mins

5 tips for making your cloud SLA air-tight

Matters to consider before signing on the dotted line of your next cloud SLA

Jul 25, 2012 7 mins

Cloud Computing Mobile Device Management Network Security