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 ...

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Spot signs of hacking early: Detect if computer compromised with key indicators, tools, and cybersecurity tips to secure your system fast. Pixabay, pixelcreatures Rising cyber threats make early ...

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 ...

Ethical hacking might sound like a contradiction in terms, but it’s actually an important tool when it comes to an organization's cyber security. An ethical hacker, also known as a white hat hacker, ...

Researchers at FIU’s College of Engineering and Computing have developed an encryption algorithm to defend videos from attackers with access to the world's most powerful computers. The encryption ...

Matthew Weiss, 42, downloaded the data of over 150,000 athletes. The former co-offensive coordinator for the University of Michigan's football team has been charged with hacking into thousands of ...

Hackers potentially stole nearly 270,000 health and insurance records when they broke into computers at Med Associates, a health billing claims company. Med Associates officials discovered “unusual ...

Catherine Venusto allegedly changed kids' grades in school computer. July 19, 2012— -- A Pennsylvania mom faces six felony charges for allegedly hacking into her children's school computer to ...