Hackers stories - Page 5

From the mouths of the hackers themselves, organisations' privileged accounts are the most attractive targets for gaining access to critical data.

Hackers at DEFCON were able to exploit vulnerabilities in voting machines in a matter of minutes - ICIT breaks down just how easy it is.

​It would seem winter has come for HBO after hackers have stormed the company's servers and looted the jewels within to leak data online.

Known as CopyKittens, the group is politically-motivated and has increasingly been active in pursuing foreign espionage on strategic targets.

Honey tokens, which are honeypots that are not computers, are easily studied and avoided by the average attacker.

​In the second heist this week, hackers have stolen around US$32 million - Webroot senior threat analyst shares his commentary and insights.

As AlphaBay vanishes, the dark web braces for upheaval, with markets jostling for supremacy or a radical shift to P2P trading.

Most of us get a mental image of an anonymous, hooded figure, bent over a computer in some dark recess of the web when the word hacker is mentioned.

Tenable director says the significance of this malware as a stand-alone event is in fact quite small - but vendors have some catching up to do.

Chaos at Samsung: Hackers bypass S8 iris scan with picture and contact lens, exposing security flaws in high-tech system.

An unidentified hacker has released the highly anticipated Season 5 episodes of popular Netflix show Orange is the New Black.

If you know what you're looking for you might be able to spot a potential hacker and an impending cyber attack.

The study confirms suspicions that attack methods are becoming ever more unique, with 50% of hackers changing their attack methods for every target.

Under the veil of cybersecurity, regulators will have access to information that could benefit Chinese firms at the expense of foreign business.

Unless you've been living under a rock, you'd be aware of the recent hacking of the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) - here's Webroot's insights.

Security researchers Kaspersky Lab & bug bounty platform Hacker One are co-launching a Bug Bounty Program that offers $50,000 to security researchers.

Both the webcam and dual microphone on his laptop are covered by tape, this shows the tech-savvy Facebook boss is worried about being spied on.

Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are falling behind in data security, says new research from Versasec.

When analysing multi-attack campaigns against industrial and government interests, patterns emerge. Scary patterns.

Wireless networks are vulnerable, but steps can be taken to protect against attacks, says Netscout's Fluke Networks Enterprise Solutions.