While cyberattacks are expected against every industry, the network of the roughly 50,000 independent water and wastewater facilities spread across the U.S. is particularly vulnerable. LAS VEGAS — DEF ...

LAS VEGAS — This year’s Black Hat Briefings and Def Con hacker conferences appeared more professional than in previous years, with an increased number of security professionals and government ...

That’s what organizers of the 15th annual Defcon hacking conference are telling attendees Friday after being tipped off that the TV news program Dateline NBC has sent a producer with a hidden camera ...

LAS VEGAS — At the largest hacker conference in the world this week, some turned out for a rare overtly partisan event: a fundraiser for presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris.

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Def Con, the world's largest hacking conference, has a long history of being a kind of "neutral zone" where computer miscreants casually mingle with federal agents — oftentimes unwittingly. But ...

Def Con, the world’s largest hacker conference, has long been a place for cybersecurity ninjas to put their skills to the test, from breaking into cars to discovering smart home vulnerabilities, or ...

A short excerpt from today's long decision by Magistrate Judge Brian Tsuchida in Hadnagy v. Moss (W.D. Wash.): This case involves a defamation claim brought by Plaintiff, a past participant of the Def ...