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.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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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 ...

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 — ...

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.

The type of hacker that most people associate with the term black hat hacker is a criminal hacker. Black hat hackers attempt to infiltrate or control websites, devices, or other systems without ...

However, black The technique of hiding malicious code in images is not new. Cybercriminals can modify files to hide scripts and code in email attachments, PDFs, Excel files, PNGs, JPGs, and even ...