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The Scariest Hacks, Bugs, and Scams We Saw at Black Hat 2024
AI, terrifying vulnerabilities, and privacy worries abound at the annual cybersecurity conference.
The Only Real Problem With Black Hat's Wi-Fi Was the People Using It
Network admins at the conference recount some seriously poor choices by Black Hat attendees.
Friend or Foe? Researchers Put AI Models to the Test in Cyber-Warfare Scenarios
We all know AI isn't perfect. Is it safe to involve large language models when the stakes are this high? At Black Hat, a team from MITRE explains how they're stress-testing today's top LLMs.
Meet the Criminals Behind Southeast Asia's Lucrative Online Gambling Websites
At Black Hat, researchers reveal a network of scammers who force people to work for sketchy gambling sites and evade detection through a sophisticated tech suite.
Signal Developer Explains Why Early Encrypted Messaging Tools Flopped
'The intuition was to take the complexity and push it onto the user,' Moxie Marlinspike says at Black Hat. 'We were just wrong.'
70% AI? Adobe Talks Verifying Content in the Age of Deepfakes
At Black Hat, Adobe outlines how to quickly identify altered media with tools that function like nutrition labels for digital content.
Just the Hacks: How Journalists Work With Hackers to Break News
Hackers reach out to reporters to let them know about their latest conquests, but it's a delicate balance between informing the public and giving bad actors a platform.
Wi-Fi Positioning Can Expose Your Location and Movement, Here's How to Stop It
If your smartphone couldn’t rely on its Wi-Fi Positioning System (WPS), its location abilities would be slower and less accurate. However, WPS can prove dangerous when it exposes your whereabouts.
Feds Make a Pitch for Election Work: Here's What I've Learned as a Poll Worker
At Black Hat, CISA Director Jen Easterly makes a pitch for people to sign up as poll workers, a job I've taken on in eight elections in Virginia. 'It's on all of us to preserve democracy," she says.
Researchers Push Dating Apps to Swipe Left on Aggressive Location Tracking
Putting yourself on a dating app means risking rejection. But with modern proximity-based dating, you risk much more, researchers reveal at Black Hat.
With Most Modern Cars Locked Down, Hackers Turn to EV Chargers
The back-and-forth between car hackers and automaker security designers has resulted in vehicles that are tough to hack, but the chargers that make electric cars go remain vulnerable.
This Attack Pushes Windows Update to the Dark Side
Every month, you trust Windows Update to improve and secure your operating system. At Black Hat, we got a peek at what happens when malefactors twist it to downgrade security instead.
US Cybersecurity Chief: Don't Get Your Election Info From Influencers
At Black Hat, Jen Easterly, director of the US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, urges voters to be discerning and get election information from local, state, and federal officials.
Hacking All the Things: What We Expect at Black Hat 2024
Every year security researchers and hackers brave the Las Vegas heat to participate in the Black Hat security conference. What mysteries will they unveil this time? We have some guesses.
At Black Hat, Feds Push Tech Firms to Adopt 'Radical Transparency'
'Security needs to be seen as a priority, because if it's not, speed to market always wins,' a senior technical advisor at the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency says at Black Hat.
Here’s How to Get Tesla’s $300 Seat Warming for Free Via Hotwiring
A Black Hat briefing unpacks how a voltage-glitch attack unlocks a $300 feature.
‘Defender-Pretender’: How Researchers Undermined Windows Malware Security
A Black Hat briefing on a now-fixed vulnerability underscores an old lesson: ‘Trust no one.’
Uncle Sam Needs Your AI Help, and DARPA Will Hand Out $20M to Make it Happen
Responsible AI has 'remarkable potential to secure our code,' the agency says, so DARPA's two-year AIxCC program offers almost $20 million in prizes for applications that can get it done.
What to Expect at Black Hat 2023
The annual Black Hat conference brings together hackers and researchers from all over the world, eager to share their latest discoveries. We have some tantalizing guesses about what we'll learn this year.
The 14 Scariest Things We Saw at Black Hat 2022
Every year, Black Hat features the most startling security research. Here's what our PCMag reporters saw, and what's keeping them up at night.
