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.

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 ...

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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 ...

The six biggest companies in AI had a peculiar challenge for hackers last week: make their chatbots say the most terrible things. Hackers lined up outside the Caesars Forum conference center just off ...

In a Jeopardy-style game at the annual Def Con hacking convention in Las Vegas, hackers tried to get chatbots from OpenAI, Google and Meta to... What happens when thousands of hackers try to break AI ...

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 ...

[Editor’s Note: EDRM is proud to publish Ralph Losey’s advocacy and analysis. The opinions and positions are Ralph Losey’s copyrighted work.] I attended DefCon 31, on August 10-15, 2023, as ...