6 posts and columns on Black Hat

Forensic Tool Unlocks Online History

in Social on September 8, 2011 at 5:30 am PT

Software that allows police and other authorities to see every site a web user has visited, and what identity they were using, has been put in the public domain.

Someday a Real Rain Will Come and Wash All This Scum Off the Internet

in News on June 4, 2009 at 2:50 pm PT

The Federal Trade Commission today dropped the hammer on Pricewert LLC, a black hat ISP that it says is responsible for all manner of Internet malignancies. According to the FTC’s lawsuit, the company “hosts very little legitimate content and vast quantities of illegal, malicious, and harmful content, including child pornography, botnet command and control servers, spyware, viruses and trojans. Fun for the whole family — especially if your family is the Russian mafia …

Great Moments in Password Protection

in News on August 6, 2007 at 11:00 am PT

Web 2.D'oh!

in News on August 6, 2007 at 12:01 am PT

“You’re an idiot if you use T-Mobile HotSpot.” That’s what Robert Graham, the CEO of Errata Security, had to say last Thursday about checking email from public wireless hotspots. And he knows of what he speaks. Earlier in the day, Graham hijacked a Gmail session in front of a packed audience at the Black Hat [...]

Web 2.D’oh!

in News on August 6, 2007 at 12:01 am PT

“You’re an idiot if you use T-Mobile HotSpot.” That’s what Robert Graham, the CEO of Errata Security, had to say last Thursday about checking email from public wireless hotspots. And he knows of what he speaks. Earlier in the day, Graham hijacked a Gmail session in front of a packed audience at the Black Hat [...]