Cyber Security Articles & News

SEE LIVE: The Security Industry Association (SIA) is gearing up for ISC East 2018,

The Security Industry Association (SIA) is gearing up for ISC East 2018, held Nov. 14-15 at the Javits Center in New York City.

ISC East is co-located with another conference, InfoSecurity North America.

At this conference, Europe’s top information security event brings its brand of industry-leading dialogue to the United States for a two-day immersive security professional experience. Infosecurity North America attendees have access to cutting-edge educational programming, future-looking keynotes and an expo floor showcasing the latest technology and information security solutions.

SEE LIVE: Infosecurity North America Announces Speakers and Panelists for NYC Expo and Conference

Infosecurity North America Unveils Speaker Roster Featuring 30+ CISOs for Its Event Keynote Program

Infosecurity Group, the global knowledge hub for the information security community, today unveiled its roster of 30+ CISO speakers confirmed for this year’s Infosecurity North America Expo and Conference keynote program. Alongside Kevin Mitnick -- world renowned hacker-turned-consultant -- and once target of the FBI’s Most Wanted list, leading headline keynote presentation duties, speakers will address prevalent themes for CISOs operating across a variety of industry verticals over the course of the event, which will be held on November 14 - 15 at the Jacob Javits Convention Center in New York City.

EVENT REVIEW: Cyber Security Atlanta Day 1 Highlights

Must see video: Day 1 of Cyber Security Atlanta 2018

Where: Georgia World Congress Center, Atlanta Georgia

When: 15-18 October 2018

SEE LIVE (Poland) “I will show how hackers use our weakness”

Among his "favorite actions" he mentions, among others hacking communication lines of McDonald's restaurants. When customers came through the so-called DriveThru, employees could hear them and receive applications, but it was Kevin Mitnick who responded, blocking this possibility of service. "I sat in front of the window and took over communication" - recalls years later the most famous hacker in the world, who will be the guest of the October Inside Trends conference in Warsaw.

Combating Social Engineering: Tips From Black Hat 2018

Social engineering is the use of deception to manipulate individuals into disclosing sensitive information that may be used to compromise a network, infiltrate an organization, gain access to trade secrets, as part of a cyberstalking campaign, or in furtherance of an espionage operation.

SEE LIVE (North Carolina): Legendary Hacker, Kevin Mitnick to Keynote at IE’s OktoberTekfest 2018A

Our 6th Annual OktoberTekfest returns September 27, 2018, featuring The World's Most Famous Hacker, Kevin Mitnick!

Where: The Westin Charlotte

601 South College Street

Charlotte, North Carolina 28202

Since 2013, IE’s OktoberTekfest has been brewing up the best in IT solutions with Mobility, Intelligent Infrastructure, Collaboration and Security. We bring together over 300 IT professionals from across the Southeast to tap into technology, inspire innovation, explore the biggest trends in the industry and connect over bratwursts & brews!

Ex-soccer stars, technologists announce DLT-powered social network Olyseum for sports fans

Former FC Barcelona players Carles Puyol, Iván de la Peña and Andrés Iniesta together with Kevin Mitnick, the world’s most famous hacker, and trained neuroscientist Carlos Grenoir have announced a distributed ledger technology (DLT)/blockchain-powered social network called Olyseum to empower sports fans.

Keynote Speaker Kevin Mitnick - The World’s Most Famous Hacker

Kevin is the world's most famous hacker, bestselling author, and the top cyber security speaker. Once one of the FBI's Most Wanted because he hacked into 40 major corporations just for the challenge, Kevin is now a trusted security consultant to the Fortune 500 and governments worldwide. Kevin and The Global Ghost Team™ now maintain a 100 percent successful track record of being able to penetrate the security of any system they are paid to hack into using a combination of technical exploits and social engineering.

WATCH: Well, that was easy: Two-factor authentication hack feeds on phony e-mail

Two-factor authentication can be beat, as a hacker demo has shown. Lots of attention is being paid to a video posted where Kevin Mitnick, KnownBe4 chief hacking officer, revealed the two-factor exploit.