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Two decades ago Dark Reading posted its first blockbuster — a story from a pen tester who sprinkled rigged thumb drives around a credit union parking lot and let curious employees do the rest. This episode looks back at the history-making column with its author Steve Stasiukonis, Dark Reading senior Editor Becky Bracken and Dark Reading's editor-in-chief Kelly Jackson Higgins.

At this week's Black Hat Europe conference, two researchers urged developers to adopt a shared responsibility model for open source software and not leave it all up to GitHub to handle.

Transurban head of cyber defense Muhammad Ali Paracha shares how his team is automating the triaging and scoring of security threats as part of the Black Hat Middle East conference.

As vulnerabilities in the Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures ecosystem pile up, one Black Hat Europe presenter hopes for a global, distributed alternative.

Trend Micro's Salvatore Gariuolo talks with the Black Hat USA 2025 News Desk about how the new ISO 15118 standard for electric vehicle smart charging and vehicle-to-grid communications can be weaponized by threat actors.

Sam Collins and Marius Muench of the University of Birmingham, UK, join the Black Hat USA 2025 News Desk to explain how anti-cheat systems in video games provide valuable lessons on defending against threat actors' techniques and strategies.

VisionSpace Technologies' Andrzej Olchawa and Milenko Starcik discussed a set of vulnerabilities capable of ending space missions at the Black Hat USA 2025 News Desk.

Cybersecurity risks can come from everywhere, as these riveting Dark Reading News Desk videos detail. Check out Part 1 of our broadcast coverage of the top research presented at Black Hat USA 2025.

Zenity CTO Michael Bargury joins the Black Hat USA 2025 News Desk to discuss research on a dangerous exploit, how generative AI technology has "grown arms and legs" —and what that means for cyber risk.

Corelight's James Pope gave Dark Reading an inside look at this year's Black Hat Network Operations Center, detailing security challenges and rising trends — many related to increased AI use.

Security startups of all stripes submitted applications for Black Hat USA's Startup Spotlight. Prime Security won with its AI security architect platform.

Dark Reading's 2025 News Desk marks a decade of Black Hat USA memories. We're making our return with a slate of interviews that help you stay up on the latest research from Black Hat — no trip to Las Vegas required.

Check out all the highlights from Black Hat USA 2024 at the Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas

Check out all the highlights from Black Hat USA 2024 at the Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas. Visit our Flickr page for the event photos: https://www.flickr.com/photos/blackhatevents/albums/72177720319399624 #cybersecurity #infosec #blackhat

At Black Hat and DEF CON, cybersecurity experts were asked to game out how Taiwan could protect its communications and power infrastructure in case of invasion by China.

GenAI's 30%-50% coding productivity boost comes with a downside — it's also generating vulnerabilities. Veracode's Chris Wysopal talks about what he finds out in this News Desk interview during Black Hat USA.

As enterprises in the world embrace Microsoft's AI assistant, researcher Michael Bargury warns its security is lacking. Check out his News Desk interview during Black Hat USA.

Both CrowdStrike president and CTO were at Black Hat and DEF CON to face direct questions from customers and cybersecurity professionals.

In a panel at Black Hat 2024, journalists and investigators explain their differing goals when a victim organization is breached.