- Smart meter hack framework goes open-source, The Register
- Fake Password Reset E-mail Hits 7,500 Black Hat Registrants, Slashdot
- 11 million passwords from hacked game website dumped online, Ars Technica
- Living with HTTPS, ImperialViolet via Four Short Links, Radar O’Reilly
- Skype No Longer Willing To Claim That Its Calls Are Untappable By Law Enforcement, Techdirt
- ATM skimmers that fit in the card-slot, Boing Boing
- Hotel key cards open to hacking, developer says, BBC News
- A first for Black Hat hacker con: Apple in the house, Boing Boing
- Reverse-Engineered Irises Look So Real, They Fool Eye-Scanners, Threat Level at Wired.com
- Wireshark updates fix DoS vulnerabilities, The H Open: News and Features
- Android, Nokia smartphone security toppled by Near Field Communication hack, Ars Technica
- Experts Say Better Security Rests on Cooperation, More Data, threatpost
- New Mac Trojan Dropper Creates Backdoor, Survives Reboots, threatpost
- Charlie Miller Takes on NFC, Charlie Miller Wins, threatpost
- Windows worm slips into iOS App Store, climbs into hipsters’ pockets, The Register
- Apple Ships Safari 6 Security Update, threatpost
- New Mac Trojan installs silently, no password required, ZDNet via Slashdot
- GPS Weakness Could Enable Mass Smartphone Hacking, Technology Review
- Google Approves an App that Steals All Your Data, Technology Review
- Apple disappoints at first Black Hat briefing • The Register, The Register
- ModSecurity for IIS and Nginx launched at Black Hat, The H Open: News and Features
- Rails 3.2.7 released with denial of service fix, The H Open: News and Features
- Chip and PIN keypads ‘easily fooled’ with counterfeit cards • The Register, The Register
- Skype denies police surveillance policy change, BBC News
- Researchers Beat Google’s Bouncer, Slashdot
- The Frightening Things You Hear at a Black Hat Conference, Bits at NYTimes.com
- Dem senator pushes measure to make concealing data breaches a crime, The Hill’s Hillicon Valley
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