A man in a black hoodie wearing a Guy Fawkes mask sits in a dark room, face lit up forebodingly by his laptop screen. He types furiously, laying down dozens of lines of code. After a few moments go by ...

The China-aligned advanced persistent threat (APT) tracked as 'PlushDaemon' is hijacking software update traffic to deliver malicious payloads to its targets.

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A woman has warned people to be careful when visiting unfamiliar websites, as a "very clever" new scam could see hackers gain ...

(Bloomberg) -- Last fall, a group of former military hackers and cybersecurity professionals made a bet that the Pentagon ...

Your antivirus will protect you from many online threats, but no antivirus is perfect. Truth is, your PC can still be hacked even if you’re using reputable security software with a solid track record.

Be careful what you joke about at the water cooler in Germany these days -- even a dig about a password stuck to a PC monitor could be considered breaking a new anti-hacker law that went into effect ...

Kevin Mitnick, whose pioneering antics tricking employees in the 1980s and 1990s into helping him steal software and services from big phone and tech companies made him the most celebrated U.S. hacker ...

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A 19-year-old University of Texas student has been charged with a felony after he was accused of hacking into the UT computer system and shutting it down temporarily during ...

The U.S. Department of Justice wants new authority to hack and search remote computers during investigations, saying the new rules are needed because of complex criminal schemes sometimes using ...