IoT is full of gaping security holes, says Shodan creator
John Matherly’s Shodan, a search engine that finds Internet-connected devices, can be used for many things: gauging the impact of policies and network security efforts …
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Discovering connections between attackers
In the last few years, Pedram Hayati, founder of Australian IT company Security Dimension, has been developing a custom honeypot intelligence system called Smart Honeypot. …
How to raise users’ expectations about security and privacy?
Users do not seem to care much about privacy and security. When buying a new smartphone, for example, they rarely ask about security updates and how long the device will be …
Bug hunting without much tech knowledge or many tools
Bas Venis has been programming since he was 14 years old. After gaining some experience as a web developer, this 18-year-old self-taught security researcher got into IT …
Future attacks: Hiding exploit code in images
Successfully hiding messages in images has already been done, but is it possible to deliver an exploit in one – and run it? Saumil Shah, founder and CEO of Net-Square, …
If we want strong encryption, we’ll have to fight for it
As digital rights lawyer and special counsel to the Electronic Frontier Foundation Marcia Hofmann correctly noted in her keynote at Hack in the Box Amsterdam 2015 on Thursday, …
Exposing the vulnerabilities in Oracle PeopleSoft applications
During his talk at the Hack in the Box conference, Alexey Tyurin, Head of the Oracle Security Department at ERPScan, spotlighted several vulnerabilities in Oracle PeopleSoft …
Cutting-edge security research comes to Amsterdam
Held once again at De Beurs van Berlage, HITB2015AMS takes place from the 26-29 May 2015 and runs alongside HITB Haxpo, a 3-day technology expo for hackers, makers, builders …
HITB Haxpo: Connecting hackers, makers, builders and breakers
Youri van der Zwart is running HITB Haxpo – a free exhibition for hackers, makers and software developers taking place alongside the Hack In The Box conference in …
Hackers and makers to meet in Amsterdam at HITB Haxpo
This year’s Hack In The Box Security Conference in Amsterdam will once again feature the HITB Haxpo. This technology expo for hackers, makers, builders and breakers, …
A new defense against kernel-mode exploits
Over the past many years, there’ve been a plethora of security solutions available for Windows-based endpoints, but most of them are helpless against malicious code …
The state of GRX security
Late last year, documents from Edward Snowden’s NSA trove have revealed that Britain’s GCHQ has mounted a successful attack against Belgacom (the largest telecom …