Apache Solr is an open source enterprise search platform, written in Java, from the Apache Lucene project. Its major features include full-text search, hit highlighting, faceted search, dynamic clustering, and document parsing. You treat it like a database: you run the server, create a collection,…

When Reuters’ investigative reporter Joseph Menn confirmed that presidential candidate Beto O’Rourke was an early member of The Cult of the Dead Cow (cDc), it seemed as though folks had two viewpoints on it. They either had more respect for him because they understood what cDc was trying to…

During her briefing with Kelly Shortridge, vice president of product strategy at Capsule8, Dr. Nicole Forsgren, research and strategy at Google, did a beautiful job of adding imagery to the story she told of the attendee reactions during the now-famous talk Paul Hammond and John Allspaw gave at…

"Did you know that your 20th Black Hat is when you get to give the keynote at Black Hat?" Dino Dai Zovi, head of security for Cash App at Square, joked to the packed ballroom. While it may have been Dai Zovi's 20th conference, the topic of his keynote has never been more fitting for where we are in…

The kick-off keynote for the 23rd Black Hat USA Conference in Las Vegas set the stage for the conversations that will undoubtedly be discussed in great detail over the next two days - and likely the next two years - if Black Hat founder Jeff Moss’ opening remarks are indicative of a trend. Moss…

Usually, Black Hat USA is all the rage this time of year when it comes to Las Vegas; however, it seems the excitement about the show has been eclipsed by a grasshopper invasion. I admit, I was puzzled when my colleagues informed me of the news and proceeded to show me the horrifying photographic…