Black Hat Briefings (commonly referred to as Black Hat) is a computer security conference that provides security consulting, training, and briefings to hackers, corporations, and government agencies around the world. Black Hat brings together a variety of people interested in information security ranging from non-technical individuals, executives, hackers, and security professionals. The conference takes place regularly in Las Vegas, Barcelona, London and Riyadh. The conference has also been hosted in Amsterdam, Tokyo, and Washington, D.C. in the past.[1][2]
The first Black Hat was held July 7-10, 1997 in Las Vegas, immediately prior to DEF CON 5. The conference was aimed at the computer industry, promising to give them privileged insight into the minds and motivations of their hacker adversaries. Its organizers stated: "While many conferences focus on information and network security, only the Black Hat Briefings will put your engineers and software programmers face-to-face with today's cutting edge computer security experts and 'hackers.'"[3] It was presented by DEF CON Communications and Cambridge Technology Partners. It was founded by Jeff Moss, who also founded DEF CON, and is currently the Conference Chair of the Black Hat Review Board.[4] These are considered[by whom?] the premier information security conferences in the world. Black Hat started as a single annual conference in Las Vegas, Nevada and is now held in multiple locations around the world.[5] Black Hat was acquired by CMP Media, a subsidiary of U.K.-based United Business Media (UBM) in 2005.[6][7]
Culture
Black Hat is typically scheduled prior to DEF CON with many attendees going to both conferences. It has been perceived by the security industry as a more corporate security conference whereas DEF CON is more informal.
Purpose
The conference is composed of three major sections: the Black Hat Briefings, Black Hat Trainings, and Black Hat Arsenal.
Training is offered by various computer security vendors and individual security professionals. The conference has hosted the National Security Agency's information assurance manager course, and various courses by Cisco Systems, Offensive Security,[10] and others.[11][12]
Arsenal is a portion of the conference dedicated to giving researchers and the open source community a place to showcase their latest open-source information security tools. Arsenal primarily consists of live tool demonstrations in a setting where attendees can ask questions about the tools and sometimes use them. It was added in 2010.[13] ToolsWatch maintains an archive of all Black Hat Briefings Arsenals.[14]
Antics and disclosures
Black Hat is known for the antics of its hacker contingent, and the disclosures brought in its talks. Conference attendees have been known to hijack wireless connections of the hotels, hack hotel television billing systems, and in one instance, deploy a fake automated teller machine in a hotel lobby. In 2009, web sites belonging to a handful of security researchers and groups were hacked and passwords, private e-mails, IM chats, and sensitive documents were exposed on the vandalized site of Dan Kaminsky, days before the conference. During Black Hat USA in 2009, a USBthumb drive that was passed around among attendees was found to be infected with the Confickervirus, and in 2008, three men were expelled for packet sniffing the press room local area network.[15]
In the past, companies have attempted to ban researchers from disclosing vital information about their products. At Black Hat USA in 2005, Cisco Systems tried to stop Michael Lynn from speaking about a vulnerability that he said could let hackers virtually shut down the Internet.[2] However, in recent years, researchers have worked with vendors to resolve issues, and some vendors have challenged hackers to attack their products.[16][17][18][19]
See also
DEF CON, a hacker convention held annually since 1993
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External links
Official website
January 29, 2023
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This article may rely excessively on sources too closely associated with the subject potentially preventing the article from being verifiable and neutral Please help improve it by replacing them with more appropriate citations to reliable independent third party sources August 2015 Learn how and when to remove this template message Black Hat Briefings commonly referred to as Black Hat is a computer security conference that provides security consulting training and briefings to hackers corporations and government agencies around the world Black Hat brings together a variety of people interested in information security ranging from non technical individuals executives hackers and security professionals The conference takes place regularly in Las Vegas Barcelona London and Riyadh The conference has also been hosted in Amsterdam Tokyo and Washington D C in the past 1 2 Michael Lynn presenting a briefing in 2005 The logo of Black Hat Briefings in 2011 Contents 1 History 2 Culture 3 Purpose 4 Antics and disclosures 5 See also 6 References 7 External linksHistory EditThe first Black Hat was held July 7 10 1997 in Las Vegas immediately prior to DEF CON 5 The conference was aimed at the computer industry promising to give them privileged insight into the minds and motivations of their hacker adversaries Its organizers stated While many conferences focus on information and network security only the Black Hat Briefings will put your engineers and software programmers face to face with today s cutting edge computer security experts and hackers 3 It was presented by DEF CON Communications and Cambridge Technology Partners It was founded by Jeff Moss who also founded DEF CON and is currently the Conference Chair of the Black Hat Review Board 4 These are considered by whom the premier information security conferences in the world Black Hat started as a single annual conference in Las Vegas Nevada and is now held in multiple locations around the world 5 Black Hat was acquired by CMP Media a subsidiary of U K based United Business Media UBM in 2005 6 7 Culture EditBlack Hat is typically scheduled prior to DEF CON with many attendees going to both conferences It has been perceived by the security industry as a more corporate security conference whereas DEF CON is more informal Purpose EditThe conference is composed of three major sections the Black Hat Briefings Black Hat Trainings and Black Hat Arsenal The Briefings are composed of tracks covering various topics including reverse engineering identity and privacy and hacking The briefings also contain keynote speeches from leading voices in the information security field including Robert Lentz Chief Security Officer United States Department of Defense Michael Lynn Amit Yoran former Director of the National Cyber Security Division of the Department of Homeland Security 2 8 and General Keith B Alexander former Director of the National Security Agency and former commander of the United States Cyber Command 9 Training is offered by various computer security vendors and individual security professionals The conference has hosted the National Security Agency s information assurance manager course and various courses by Cisco Systems Offensive Security 10 and others 11 12 Arsenal is a portion of the conference dedicated to giving researchers and the open source community a place to showcase their latest open source information security tools Arsenal primarily consists of live tool demonstrations in a setting where attendees can ask questions about the tools and sometimes use them It was added in 2010 13 ToolsWatch maintains an archive of all Black Hat Briefings Arsenals 14 Antics and disclosures EditBlack Hat is known for the antics of its hacker contingent and the disclosures brought in its talks Conference attendees have been known to hijack wireless connections of the hotels hack hotel television billing systems and in one instance deploy a fake automated teller machine in a hotel lobby In 2009 web sites belonging to a handful of security researchers and groups were hacked and passwords private e mails IM chats and sensitive documents were exposed on the vandalized site of Dan Kaminsky days before the conference During Black Hat USA in 2009 a USB thumb drive that was passed around among attendees was found to be infected with the Conficker virus and in 2008 three men were expelled for packet sniffing the press room local area network 15 In the past companies have attempted to ban researchers from disclosing vital information about their products At Black Hat USA in 2005 Cisco Systems tried to stop Michael Lynn from speaking about a vulnerability that he said could let hackers virtually shut down the Internet 2 However in recent years researchers have worked with vendors to resolve issues and some vendors have challenged hackers to attack their products 16 17 18 19 See also EditDEF CON a hacker convention held annually since 1993 Hacker conference Chaos Communication Congress Summercon Positive Hack DaysReferences Edit Black Hat blackhat com a b c Computer Security Conferences Attract Both Hackers Anti Hackers Fox News 4 August 2006 Archived from the original on 30 July 2013 Retrieved 15 August 2009 The Black Hat Briefings USA 1997 Information Black Hat blackhat com Black Hat About Black Hat blackhat com UBM news releases Media Retrieved 2016 11 03 CMP Media Buys Black Hat Retrieved 2016 11 03 Error Archived from the original on 2009 02 11 Retrieved 2009 08 15 Commander of U S Cyber Command and National Security Agency Director General Keith Alexander To Keynote Day One of Black Hat USA 2013 Press release WWBT TV NBC 12 WorldNow Gannaway May 14 2013 Archived from the original on June 15 2013 Retrieved June 13 2013 Announcing the Kali Linux Dojo Offensive Security May 28 2014 Retrieved April 15 2019 Black Hat DC 2009 Training Index blackhat com Black Hat Europe 2009 Training Index blackhat com Black Hat Technical Security Conference USA 2010 Black Hat Arsenal Call for Tools blackhat com ToolsWatch org The Hackers Arsenal Tools Portal Arsenal www toolswatch org Retrieved 2016 11 03 Hanging with hackers can make you paranoid CNN 4 August 2009 Archived from the original on January 22 2015 Security Expert PC Media Players Full of Holes Fox News 3 August 2007 Archived from the original on 6 December 2010 Retrieved 15 August 2009 Microsoft Dares Security Experts to Find Holes in Windows Vista Fox News 4 August 2006 Archived from the original on 30 July 2013 Retrieved 15 August 2009 Microsoft Challenges Hackers On Vista CBS News 3 August 2006 Hackers expose weakness in trusted sites Technology amp science Security NBC News Associated Press 2 August 2009 Retrieved 2014 10 09 Adi Nae Gamliel July 31 2017 Black Hat 2017 Reflection of 82B innovative industry and security professionals protecting the evolution of digital transformation LinkedIn External links EditOfficial website Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Black 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