Many hackers (and undercover feds) don’t want their pictures taken. Black Hat: Hackers debated who had the bragging rights for the best way to attack a mobile network.

Q: I’ve heard of white hat hackers and black hat hackers. What do they do? Have you ever been hacked? A: Most of us will never encounter a white hat hacker. In general, they are busy testing ...

LAS VEGAS — Hordes of security professionals, hackers, federal agents and media invaded Las Vegas this week to attend the Black Hat and Defcon conferences.. The two conferences once again ...

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 ...

On Thursday at Black Hat USA, McAfee's Advanced Threat Research (ATR) team disclosed new research into the robots, in which remotely-exploitable vulnerabilities were uncovered, potentially leading ...

In the world of cyber security there are some well-known designations for anyone that considers him or herself to be a hacker, the term being so broad in scope now. One can be a “white-hat ...

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 ...

A talented white hat hacker could be a wealthy black hat hacker. So why aren’t they? Of those that would turn, $10 million seems to be their self-admitted price.

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.

The pair of annual security conferences held in Las Vegas dig into the security of all manner of things, including—for the first time—voting machines.