Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Hackers are a busy bunch, with more than 300 million computers hacked every year — and there's a dizzying range of ways in which a ...

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 ...

A computer hacker responsible for creating armies of computers to launch Internet-based attacks and selling those “botnets” to spammers and others pleaded guilty yesterday to federal criminal charges ...

A hacker exploited Anthropic PBC's artificial intelligence chatbot to carry out a series of attacks against Mexican ...

Two 21-year-old Michigan men were sentenced — one to nine years and one to 26 months in federal prison — for conspiring to hack into the IT systems of national home center chain Lowe’s Companies Inc.

He broke into computer systems across the country, but says now that his crimes were not for money. “Why I was a hacker was (for) the intellectual curiosity, the pursuit of knowledge, the seduction of ...

NEW YORK - A top computer hacker who helped investigators disrupt at least 300 cyberattacks on targets ranging from the U.S. armed forces and Congress to a TV network and a video game maker was spared ...

Coral Gables, Fla. – The following is a release from the University of Miami Police Department. An escaped convict is roaming around the Miami area. The convict is an accomplished computer hacker.