#DEF CON
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Fake Wi-Fi Network on Delta Flight Triggers Federal Investigation After DEF CON
Someone on a Las Vegas-to-Atlanta flight set up a rogue wireless network called 'Delta WiFi Fast' that led passengers to a fake login page. The FBI is now involved, and suspicion is falling on attendees of DEF CON, the annual hacker conference held days earlier.
North Korean IT Worker Infiltrated a Federal Agency, Boeing 737 Security Flaws Explored, and Refrigeration Systems Found Vulnerable
A North Korean operative got hired at a US government agency, researchers found exploitable weaknesses in Boeing 737 onboard systems, and serious flaws turned up in industrial refrigeration controllers. Here's what each finding means in practice.
Millions of Belgians' IDs and bank accounts were wide open through a government browser extension
A browser extension used by more than 2 million Belgians to log into government and banking websites contained flaws so serious that criminals could have stolen identities, hijacked payment cards, and taken full control of victims' computers. The vendor fixed the problems on 22 July.
Delta Investigates Rogue Wi-Fi Network on Flight Carrying DEF CON Attendees
Passengers returning from the Las Vegas hacker conference allegedly knocked others off the plane's Wi-Fi and stood up a fake 'Delta WiFi Fast' network that harvested Google logins.
America's Drinking Water Networks Are Getting a Long-Overdue Security Upgrade
A new Senate bill and a first-of-its-kind monitoring centre launched at DEF CON aim to plug gaping security holes in the water systems that supply millions of American homes.
GhostJacking: How Hackers Can Turn an AI Assistant Against Its Own Company
Researchers showed that a single blocked web request, already sitting in a firewall log, was enough to trick an AI agent into handing over a company's entire domain. Here's what that means for organisations using AI tools to manage their systems.
A 1990 Law Could Send Ethical Hackers to Prison. Dozens of Countries Are Fixing That.
Researcher Katharina Sommer mapped which nations protect good-faith security work and built a five-point blueprint to push the UK's creaking Computer Misuse Act into the present day.
The World's Greatest Detective Was Also the World's Greatest Con Artist
A cybersecurity professor dressed as Sherlock Holmes walked a DEF CON audience through why the tricks criminals use to manipulate people today are identical to what a Victorian fictional detective pulled off in the 1890s.
Two Million Belgians Exposed by Flaws in the Software They Use to Sign Legal Documents Online
Security researcher James Arnott found that Belgium's most-used digital identity tool could let any malicious website steal a user's PIN, forge their electronic signature, or quietly run attack code on their computer, all without the victim clicking anything suspicious.