After an eight-year hiatus, the HITB Security Conference series is returning to the Middle East with the support of government organisations, taking place from November 25th to the 28th 2018 at the Grand Hyatt in Dubai.
It's one thing to report website vulnerabilities before they're used maliciously. It's another to blog about a vulnerability online.
Singapore authorities fined Zheng Dutao, an engineer at Chinese internet giant Tencent, S$5,000 (about $3,660) this week after discovering he hacked into a hotel's Wi-Fi system and shared sensitive information on his blog, ZDNet reported Tuesday.
We’re pleased to announce the first ever HackInTheBox Armory! The HITB Armory is where you can showcase your security tools to the world. You will get 30 minutes to present your tools onstage, and an exhibit area to conduct demonstrations for up 3 hours per day! The event is organized by HITB in collaboration with ToolsWatch and Opposing Force.
Security researchers look at how macOS users can be remotely targeted using document handlers and custom URL schemes – which is behind the “Do you want to allow” popup seen in the above screenshot.
Patrick Wardle explains how a custom APT abuses URL schemes to remotely infect macOS targets
Apple Macs are rarely the target of digital espionage. But in recent years, a mysterious hacker crew called WindShift has targeted specific individuals working in government departments and critical infrastructure across the Middle East. And they’re exploiting weaknesses believed to affect all Apple Mac models.
L33tdawg: Christopher will also be at #HITBGSEC Singapore at the end of August.
When a room filled with hundreds of security professionals erupts into applause, it's notable. When that happens less than five minutes into a presentation, it's remarkable. But that's what transpired when security researcher Christopher Domas last week showed a room at Black Hat USA how to break the so-called ring-privilege model of modern CPU security.
HITB, organizer of the popular HITB Security Conference series, is collaborating with JD.com, China’s largest retailer, to bring its popular HITB Security Conference to China for the first time later this year.
L33tdawg: We are proud to have Alex keynoting for us next year at #HITB2019AMS! Our 10th year anniversary HITB Security Conference in Amsterdam!
Alex Stamos, Facebook’s head of security, called for radical overhaul in how Facebook operates in a leaked memo from March 2018, as the company reeled from a chain of ugly scandals.
L33tdawg: See you guys at HITBSecConf2018 - Beijing on November 1st and 2nd :)
At first glance, you couldn’t see much of a difference between DEF CON, the notoriously rowdy American hacker conference, and its newly formed franchise in Beijing, where in May China hosted its first hacker conference.
In 2000, I leapt out of journalism and in to security communications. I was relocating to the San Francisco Bay Area and, despite the downturn, tech was king. I also wanted to lend my unique albeit non-technical skill set to a technology that protected people or, at the very least, attempted to reduce harm caused by malicious behavior.
