Mobile Attacks Reign at Black Hat DC

ARLINGTON, VA–A number of researchers showed off interesting new attack techniques at the Black Hat DC conference this week, including one that enables an attacker to execute malicious code on handsets over the air. Perhaps the most interesting technique discussed at the show was a novel attack...

Pay-Per-Install Malware Models Affiliate Marketing

From Black Hat DC: Sites like Amazon offer affiliate programs that pay users for sending them new customers. And now, malware authors, always quick to adopt tactics that work elsewhere, have developed their own affiliate program. Read the full article. MIT Technology Review...

Microsoft Confirms New IE Data Leakage Flaw

Microsoft today issued a security advisory to acknowledge an information disclosure hole in its Internet Explorer browser and warned that an attacker could exploit the flaw to access files with an already known filename and location. The vulnerability was first discussed at this week’s Black Hat ...

Rogue iPhone Apps Explored at Black Hat

Lax security screening at Apple’s App Store and a design flaw are putting iPhone users at risk of downloading malicious apps that could steal data and spy on them, a Swiss researcher warns at Black Hat DC. Read the full article. cnet...

Black Hat DC: Researcher Cracks Secure Microchip

The ultra-secure technology used to protect some of the world’s most commonly used microchips might not be so secure, a researcher said at Black Hat DC. Read the full article. Dark Reading...

Flash To Be Under the Scope At Black Hat DC

At Black Hat DC, Foreground Security Senior Security Researcher Mike Bailey will examine Flash’s security model and take a look at some of the ways attackers can leverage Adobe Flash vulnerabilities to compromise a system. Read the full article. eWEEK...

Moxie Marlinspike on new SSL attacks at Black Hat DC

At the Black Hat DC conference last week, Moxie Marlinspike gave a fascinating talk on the various weaknesses in the SSL infrastructure and a number of novel ways he’s discovered to exploit them. Jeff Moss, Black Hat’s founder, talked to Marlinspike about the attacks...