Data breaches and malware may get all the attention but real-world threats can do just as much damage, especially when you’re not even looking for them.

Most people don’t worry much about hackers stealing their photos or reading their emails. What keeps them up at night is far ...

Hackers are nothing if not equitable. They give everyone a chance, from Fortune 500 giants to two-person accounting firms. Size doesn’t matter for them; it’s just easy entry and fast payouts. While ...

Artificial intelligence may be able to handle the mundane day-to-day tasks that vex workers and help provide breakthroughs in several fields, but the threats it presents are still very real. While ...

Summary: Google identified 75 zero-day vulnerabilities that were exploited in 2024. That’s a 23% drop from 2023, but there’s some bad news. Of the 75 exploits, a shocking number of them were actually ...

OpenAI's ChatGPT can easily be coaxed into leaking your personal data — with just a single "poisoned" document. As Wired reports, security researchers revealed at this year's Black Hat hacker ...

Only rarely does the West get a glimpse inside the vast hacker-for-hire contractor ecosystem that enables China's digital intrusion campaigns worldwide. Now a new set of criminal charges against a ...

People like Alex Johnson, a security system manager at Minneapolis-based Ascent Solutions, earn theirs by acting as the first line of defense between those online criminals and Minnesota organizations ...

Having to come up with a password that matches the symbol requirements for every site can be a hassle, but there’s good reason for it. Of course, the more your ...

A good degree in computer science, plus specialist certifications, should put you in the right position to become an ethical hacker. Unlike the popular image of hackers, ethical hackers don’t tend to ...