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Black Hat And Defcon Begin In Vegas
Chris Crum
Staff Writer
2006-08-02
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The two biggest hacker conferences in the nation are going on back to back in Las Vegas starting with the beginning of Black Hat USA 2006 today.
Black Hat, which features presentations from some of the biggest corporate names in the industry will wrap up tomorrow, in time for Defcon to kick off Friday morning.
Presentations at Black Hat will include members of Microsoft and Cisco as well as the FBI. Sponsors include Enrst and Young, Microsoft, Symantec and Cisco.
Defcon, which has been going on every year for the past 13, is always much more chaotic, and will likely continue in that tradition. AP shares anecdotes from Defcons past years:In past years, pay phones have been said to disappear off hotel walls and hotel TV billing systems and wireless computer networks have been penetrated, allowing those with the technical know-how to one up their fellow attendees.
Bo Holland, the founder of several startups that work with large financial services companies, said he was cruising the floor of last year's Defcon when he came upon an automated teller machine that had a skull and crossbones and the conference logo displayed on its monitor. Upon closer inspection, he noticed someone had attached alligator clips to the cable on the ATM's backside and run a wire into the ceiling. And that barely scratches the surface, the article mentions a prank that even went so far as to fill hotel toilets with concrete. Defcon has been compared to a punk rock show, but it sounds more like a hi-tech riot. Nevertheless, the conference continues to go on, and this one will last from Friday to Sunday.
Tags: Black Hat, Defcon, Las Vegas, conferences, hackers, security, Microsoft, Cisco, FBI
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Chris Crum is a staff writer for SecurityProNews and WebProNews.
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