The Black Hat Europe conference in Barcelona next week will feature a keynote on cyberwar from Bruce Schneier, and presentations on security flaws in Apple's Mac OS X and SAP's business software. The Black Hat Europe conference in Barcelona next week will feature a keynote on cyberwar from Bruce Schneier, and presentations on security flaws in Apple’s Mac OS X and SAP’s business software.Black Hat Europe will begin Tuesday, with two days of training followed by two days of briefings. Andreas Wiegenstein, CTO of Virtual Forge, will give a briefing on how companies writing custom code for SAP systems often unknowingly write insecure code that opens up holes in the systems, which could betray valuable business data.SAP uses the ABAP programming language, which, like any programming language is not immune to programming errors, Wiegenstein said in an interview. Virtual Forge, in Heidelberg, Germany, specializes in auditing ABAP code.SAP systems can contain as many as 150 million lines of source code, and many companies write extensions on top of the main applications to add more functionality. They also unwittingly add errors. Since there is a lack of proper forensic tools to investigate SAP systems, many companies never know that data has been extracted.“One of the problems is that most companies wouldn’t even know if they are hacked,” Wiegenstein said. “Companies are under attack but they don’t necessarily know they’ve had an incident.” During his briefing, Wiegenstein will talk about how ABAP invokes several low-level kernel call interfaces. While SAP recommends that developers not to use kernel calls, he will explain some of the most dangerous kernel calls that are not known to most ABAP developers.Black Hat Europe will also see an appearance from Vincenzo Iozzo , who with two other researchers successfully hacked RIM’s BlackBerry Torch 9800 in the Pwn2Own contest at the CanSecWest security conference in Vancouver earlier this week.Iozzo, a vulnerability researcher and reverse engineer for Zynamics, will run a workshop called “The Mac Exploit Kitchen.” He will focus on local privilege escalation as well as remote browser-based client-side vulnerabilities in Mac OS X.Black Hat Europe’s keynote speaker will be Schneier, chief technology officer for BT and author of “Applied Cryptography,” an authoritative manual on encryption practices. Schneier will speak about cyberwar and how there is no clear definition of the widely invoked term.Send news tips and comments to jeremy_kirk@idg.com Related content news Chinese state actors behind espionage attacks on Southeast Asian government The distinct groups of activities formed three different clusters, each attributed to a specific APT group. By Shweta Sharma Sep 25, 2023 4 mins Advanced Persistent Threats Advanced Persistent Threats Cyberattacks feature How to pick the best endpoint detection and response solution EDR software has emerged as one of the preeminent tools in the CISO’s arsenal. Here’s what to look for and what to avoid when choosing EDR software. By Linda Rosencrance Sep 25, 2023 10 mins Intrusion Detection Software Security Monitoring Software Data and Information Security feature Top cybersecurity M&A deals for 2023 Fears of recession, rising interest rates, mass tech layoffs, and conservative spending trends are likely to make dealmakers cautious, but an ever-increasing need to defend against bigger and faster attacks will likely keep M&A activity steady in By CSO Staff Sep 22, 2023 24 mins Mergers and Acquisitions Data and Information Security IT Leadership brandpost Unmasking ransomware threat clusters: Why it matters to defenders Similar patterns of behavior among ransomware treat groups can help security teams better understand and prepare for attacks By Joan Goodchild Sep 21, 2023 3 mins Cybercrime Podcasts Videos Resources Events SUBSCRIBE TO OUR NEWSLETTER From our editors straight to your inbox Get started by entering your email address below. Please enter a valid email address Subscribe