Interesting AP Story

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Originally Posted by 68TriShield

It seems that maybe criminal hackers attend these conferences, no?

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories...08-01-19-35-53

Of course. They have a long and proud tradition of getting together and laughing at poor information security. Some of the hack-fests are truly spectacular.

Not all hackers are bad guys. One of the founders of the Black Hat conference was recently added to an advisory body for the Department of Homeland Security. Many good guy hackers have been arrested in the past when attending the Black Hat because they dared to point a spotlight on the flaws.

That said, some real bad guys do attend the conferences but rarely announce themselves. Btw, the update features and SSL interaction problems aren't new, just finally getting some press.