And Elliot, the 29-year-old vigilante hacker protagonist, always wears his signature black hoodie. Media portrayal can affect the public’s perception of hackers though — and darkness or ...

Hacking is more prevalent today than it ever has been, but there is still a lot of bad information out there. Here are the ...

However, this actually describes only one kind of hacker, the so-called “black hat” hacker. White hat hackers also attack systems, but their goal is to find solutions and improvements. When GeekCon — ...

Black hat hackers either act as individuals or in groups, and they often serve the purposes of nation states. Unfortunately, there are more black hats than white hats, and they are often better ...

After much speculation over who provided the FBI with the mysterious solution for hacking into the San Bernardino iPhone, the Washington Post reported this week that it was a "gray hat" hacker who ...

The anonymity that comes with hacking makes black hat hacking particularly appealing, as the likelihood of being caught for their crime is low. Only 3 out of 1,000 cyber incidents in the U.S. lead ...

A Twitter poll aimed at the cybersecurity community asked “Black-Hat Hackers vs. White-Hat Hackers – who’s more experienced?”. Brian Krebs, a cybersecurity expert and one of the top ...

Black hats are turning other black hats over to white hats. That’s the message Shadowserver hat group spokesperson Richard Perlotto delivered at a Australian Cyber Security Conference in ...

The title is a tip o' the hat to black hat hackers, the bad guys, as opposed to white hat hackers, the good guys. It's also the name of a big computer security conference held in Las Vegas every year.

HACKERS FOR HILLARY. A fundraiser for Democrat Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign was set to take place Wednesday in the same venue as Black Hat and feature the conference’s founder.