The Black Hat cybersecurity conference currently being held in Las Vegas brings together a variety of experts to discuss the risks, pitfalls — and locations — of flaws in computer networks.

What is a white hat hacker? And how do white hat hackers differ from black hat and grey hat hackers? Here's a quick rundown of what you need to know.

This allowed the feds to bypass security features on the phone to crack its password. So, what exactly is a gray hat hacker? There are three types of hackers: white hats, black hats and gray hats.

The top 10 new reasons to be afraid of hackers The scariest new tricks at this year’s twin computer crime conferences, Black Hat and Def Con ...

How to Protect Yourself From Black Hat Hackers. The term "hacker" was once applied to people who spent a lot of time playing, or "hacking around," on computers. More recently the term has come to ...

Criminal black hat hackers often either attack each other or turn in their competitors to benevolent white hat groups to rid themselves of competition.

This week on The Upgrade we talk with Hector Monsegur, Director of Assessment Services at Rhino Labs. Hector Monsegur is a former black-hat hacker. Under the alias Sabu, Hector hacked corporations ...

To find out, we brought in Hector Monsegur, former black-hat hacker, now Director of Assessment Services at Rhino Labs —and one of our favorite guests from the past year.

What does white hat hacker actually mean? Find out inside PCMag's comprehensive tech and computer-related encyclopedia.

Some of the most renowned black hat hackers are now working for the companies and institutions that they hacked.

With the opening of the cybercrime movie Blackhat, eight great hacking movies to watch.

Security researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology have built a malicious USB charger that can inject persistent, undetectable malware onto your iPhone, iPad, or other current-gen iOS ...