Black Hat security conference explores war-texting

At this week's Black Hat security conference in Las Vegas, security researchers will be addressing SSL vulnerabilities, mobile attacks, Chrome OS security gaps, and "war-texting" -- a snooping technique that could also enable a car to be started remotely. Meanwhile, the nominations for the 2011 Pwnie Awards at Black Hat include a nod to Sony for its incompetence at security.
Security professionals descending on Las Vegas this week through Aug. 4 for the annual Black Hat conference will see more than 50 presentations on creative hacking. Security researchers will disclose more than 20 software and system vulnerabilities. Presentations will detail security flaws in everything from USB devices,... »read more

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