Legal protection for ethical hacking under Computer Misuse Act is only the first step

The CPUs of those home computers barely used ten watts between them, yet that was enough to get the crew in a lot of hot ...
PC Magazine

Hackers Can Take Over Your Security Cameras—and It’s Easier Than You Think

Government agencies, schools, and hospitals install security cameras to protect their clients and their own integrity. But as one research team discovered at the Black Hat security conference this ...

Cisco says Chinese hackers are exploiting its customers with a new zero-day

Cisco said it discovered a Chinese hacking campaign targeting its customers by exploiting a zero-day in some of the company's ...
The Next Web

Hacker (Computer Security)

In the computer security context, a hacker is someone who seeks and exploits weaknesses in a computer system or computer network. Hackers may be motivated by a multitude of reasons, such as profit, ...
Bleeping Computer

Hacker targets other hackers and gamers with backdoored GitHub code

A hacker targets other hackers, gamers, and researchers with exploits, bots, and game cheats in source code hosted on GitHub that contain hidden backdoors to give the threat actor remote access to ...
ZDNet

Why no small business is too small for hackers - and 8 security best practices for SMBs

But none of these folks understand the economics of a hack when it comes to small businesses. There isn't a random guy out there who's decided to target your business. AT&T assistant vice president of ...

AI hackers are now beating human hackers, and they are doing it for far less money

A Stanford study shows an AI agent outperforming human hackers by finding more security flaws in less time and at a much ...

UM security cam shows Matt Weiss at time of computer hacking, FBI says

A sealed FBI file alleges Matt Weiss was in UM offices when computer accounts were hacked, leading to the theft of intimate ...
PCMag on MSN

Hackers are targeting Windows 10. Do this one thing to stay safe

The end of support for Windows 10 means it's now a prime target for malware. But that doesn't mean you have to upgrade to ...
Bleeping Computer

Hacker arrested for breaching 5,000 hosting accounts to mine crypto

The Ukrainian police arrested a 35-year-old hacker who breached 5,000 accounts at an international hosting company and used them to mine cryptocurrency, resulting in $4.5 million in damages. "The ...
Computer Weekly

Would you hire a hacker?

In the wake of four young people being arrested over suspected involvement in the recent Marks & Spencer, Co-op and Harrods ransomware attacks, it is easy to rush to censure those responsible for the ...
Forbes

4 Steps To Becoming An Ethical Hacker

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 ...