DHS boss Mayorkas encourages hackers to join government during Black Hat speech

Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas encouraged attendees at the Black Hat cybersecurity conference to collaborate with the agency on defining the future of cybersecurity policy. “We need your creativity, your ideas, your boldness, and your willingness to push limits. We need you to help us navigate a path that has not yet been mapped,” Mayorkas said. “What’s at stake here is nothing less than the future of the internet, the future of our economic and national security, and the future of our country.” Mayorkas announced the impending launch of the Cyber Talent Management System, which will redefine hiring requirements for cybersecurity roles in the federal government and adjust pay rates to better fit the current workforce. He urged attendees to “lead the charge on the inside,” by joining the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency and DHS. “This initiative…will give us more flexibility to hire the very best cyber […]

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Everything Cybereason at the Black Hat 2021 Virtual Conference

The Cybereason team is excited to have you join us at Black Hat 2021 on August 4th from 8:30AM to 5PM PST, and on August 5th from 8:30AM to 4PM PST! Stop by the “virtual” Cybereason booth and automatically be entered to win a Sonos Roam Speaker an… Continue reading Everything Cybereason at the Black Hat 2021 Virtual Conference

Everything Cybereason at the Black Hat 2021 Virtual Conference

The Cybereason team is excited to have you join us at Black Hat 2021 on August 4th from 8:30AM to 5PM PST, and on August 5th from 8:30AM to 4PM PST! Stop by the “virtual” Cybereason booth and automatically be entered to win a Sonos Roam Speaker an… Continue reading Everything Cybereason at the Black Hat 2021 Virtual Conference

Satellite Internet connections can easily be intercepted by hackers

By Zara Khan
The author of the research identified that hackers can target a Satellite with merely a $300 device.
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BlueRepli attack lets hackers bypass Bluetooth authentication on Android

By Waqas
The findings related to Bluerepli were shared by researchers at the Black Hat USA 2020 virtual event.
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Revisiting The BlackHat Hack: How A Security Conference Was Pwned

Does anyone remember the Black Hat BCard hack in 2018? This hack has been documented extensively, most notoriously by [NinjaStyle] in his original blog post revealing the circumstances around discovering the vulnerability. The breach ended up revealing the names, email addresses, phone numbers, and personal details of every single conference …read more

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