Vinnie Liu was recruited by the NSA when he was just 17 years old. He is now the CEO of Bishop Fox. Vinnie Liu was recruited ...

For nearly two years, researcher Vangelis Stykas has maintained access to North Korean hackers’ servers. His work shows they pulled off intrusions in a shocking number of systems across the globe.

Iranian hackers were responsible for a disruptive computer breach in March that forced Los Angeles’ transit system to shut down parts of its network, Israeli researchers say. The saboteurs stole at ...

Victims of QTFY computer intrusion activity included NASA, the Federal Reserve, the US Senate, and the departments of energy, justice, and health and human services, the US Justice Department said.

The fear of hacking has made some people turn to other forms of technology ignored by new generations of cyber criminals. You might not expect a world-renowned cyber security expert to rely on old, ...

A WIRED investigation based on Department of Homeland Security records this week revealed the identities of paramilitary Border Patrol agents who frequently used force against civilians during ...

A forum thread titled “Hacking for Profit. Working method” offers a rare glance into how underground communities pass information about vulnerability exploitation and hacking techniques in a form of ...

Humans still have the edge over artificial intelligence (AI) in finding software vulnerabilities that criminals can use to ...

The information security world has three well-known types of hackers: black hats, white hats and gray hats. These colored-hat descriptions were born as hackers tried to differentiate themselves and ...

Security researchers are sounding the alarm on a newly discovered vulnerability in the widely used web server management software cPanel and WebHost Manager (WHM). The bug allows hackers to hijack and ...

A black hat hacker historically has been used to describe one who has malicious intent -- such as theft of information, fraud or disrupting systems -- but increasingly, more specific terms are being ...

Hackers can steal your browser cookies to impersonate you. A security feature in Chrome aims to prevent such attacks. The feature ties your cookies to your device's own security chip. Browser cookies ...