MAJOR HACKING CONFERENCES HEAR WARNING ABOUT PROLIFERATION OF ACCESS PORTALS FOR CYBER ATTACKS
October 1st, 2017
EVERY year, two major hacking conferences are staged in Las Vegas, USA – DEFCON and BlackHat – where cutting edge intelligence on cyber-risks are presented. This year, experts warned that net connectivity growing, the number of access points for hackers is growing. Steve Friess reports.
“Behold the lowly label maker,” the DEFCON presenter said with menace, when addressing this year’s Las Vegas event. “He’s just some guy in an office in Sarasota who is generating stickers for a shipping company. He doesn’t think of himself as a ...
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