Recently, members of the hacking community, willing to help Microsoft, descended at Redmond, Washington, to depict the software giant where it has wronged. This time the company’s newest Blue Hat conference, which is generally held twice a year, aimed at mobile security, hardware hacking, Microsoft’s security tools, as well as the secretive vulnerability economy.
Microsoft started hosting these events two years back as a way to promote talk between the company’s security team and external security researchers, lots of of whom have been criticizing the company’s move to security. The name Blue Hat emanates from the Black Hat security conferences - the “Blue” part originates from the color of badges that are worn by Microsoft staffers its campus.
This is the 5th series of Blue Hat briefings and usually Microsoft is tight-lipped about the list of attendees and presenters. IDG’s Robert McMillan could get the names of some hackers on the speaker list - Robert Hansen (RSnake), David Maynor, John Hering and Rob Thomas - however information are very inadequate.
