Efforts to crack U.S. cyberdefenses are standard operating procedure in the intelligence game, Hayden tells Black Hat audience

Half of all SSL servers run older, insecure version of SSL; attacks against HTTPS browser sessions detailed at Black Hat

A round-up of articles leading up to and live coverage from Black Hat USA 2010, July 24 to 29, Law Vegas

Careful study of malware can help experts recognize its source and protect against it, Black Hat researcher says

Government agencies could become all the more secretive, says Gartner VP

Researcher demonstrates remote and local exploits that could compromise popular bank machines

The DNS root is now officially signed with security protocol DNSSEC, now comes development, penetration-testing of DNSSEC

'Big Boss' operation used VPN-tunneling botnet, Zeus Trojan, database-hacking, and money mules to help print and cash phony checks

PCI compliance, saturation of black market may be driving decline in number of records compromised by hackers, forensic investigators say

New platform aimed at better detecting and defending against advanced, targeted attacks

Widgets, ads, and applications provided by third parties could give hackers a way into corporate websites, Dasient warns

New Ponemon Institute studies real attack cases and their financial fallout; new Digital Forensics Association report tallies public breach data over five years