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Cyber-threats need smart tactics
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Khaleej Times
Security has to be woven every step of the way within the set strategic objectives to achieve the smart city vision, said Rabih Dabboussi, senior vice-president of sales, business development and marketing at DarkMatter Group.
Speaking to Khaleej Times on the sidelines of the recent Hack In The Box Security Conference, Dabboussi explained that regarding security protocols as an afterthought to a smart city vision is setting up for a failure.
Dubai to become 'global centre for innovation in cybersecurity'
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Trade Arabia
Dubai is determined to turn the challenges into opportunities as it tackles global cybersecurity threats on its path to continued growth, said the emirate’s IT security chief at the recent Hack In The Box (HITB) Security Conference, in Dubai, UAE.
IPv6 scanning tool opens up new cybersphere for researchers
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Developers have released a tool that allows security researchers to map out and explore the cyberspace environment established by IPv6, the next-gen internet protocol.
The ipv666 tool suite, developed by researchers lavalamp and Marc Newlin, identifies live IPv6 addresses in both the global IPv6 address space and targeted IPv6 networks.
HITB ‘18 forum tackles critical industry topics
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Saudi Gazette
Several key figures in the global cyber security industry will be speaking at the Hack In The Box (HITB) Security Conference that started Sunday at the Grand Hyatt Dubai. It will conclude on Nov. 28.
No car is safe as hackers reveal latest tricks of the trade
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Security experts are getting inside the minds of increasingly sophisticated thieves in a bid to protect drivers from car crime.
The hi-tech tricks of the trade of a new breed of car-jackers were demonstrated at the Hack in a Box conference, held at the Grand Hyatt hotel in Dubai, as well as the efforts being made to counter them. Senior officials from a variety of security firms showed just how easy - and cheap - it can be to break into expensive modern cars and even control them remotely.
Helping researchers with IoT firmware vulnerability discovery
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Help Net Security
John Toterhi, a security researcher with IoT security company Finite State, believes that many of the security problems plaguing IoT devices are solvable problems through transparency.
Hackers face off this November at HITB event in Dubai
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Network Middle East
UAE’s local security talents can show off their hacking skills alongside and against some of the world’s top-ranked players, as Hack in the Box (HITB) returns to Dubai after an eight-year hiatus.
Free-to-the-public hacking games and challenges will see over 20 international teams battle it out in Dubai as part of the HITB Security Conference from the 27th to the 28th of November. The contests include the popular HITB Capture the Flag (CTF) competition.
HITB Armory: Independent security researchers to showcase their tools
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Organized in collaboration with Maximiliano Soler from ToolsWatch and Matteo Beccaro from Opposing Force, the HITB Armory is a brand new area of HITB2018DXB where independent researchers will get to show off their projects, run their demos and allow you to play around with their security tools.
HITB Security Conference to feature CTF, free to the public hacking games and challenges
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In two weeks, one of the most gruelling security challenges returns to the Middle East! As part of Hack in the Box’s (HITB) return to Dubai after an 8-year gap, the HITB Security Conference will be bringing back a wide range of free to the public hacking games and challenges, including its ever-popular HITB Capture The Flag (CTF) competition.
