Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Davey Winder is a veteran cybersecurity writer, hacker and analyst. As an old hacker myself, if I wasn’t very happy writing about ...

In September of last year, a “middle-aged programming nerd” and “early adopter of AI coding” wrote a viral blog post asking, amid waves of public enthusiasm for AI-assisted coding, a simple question: ...

The Trump administration will let private companies hack foreign criminal organizations as part of a new program that could expand the U.S. government's ability to disrupt those groups' cybercrime ...

A forum thread titled “Hacking for Profit. Working method” offers a rare glance into how underground communities pass information about vulnerability exploitation and hacking techniques in a form of ...

The Trump administration is enlisting private companies to conduct cyberattacks on foreign cybercriminals in a major policy shift that experts say could come with legal risk for the companies. The ...

Most people see hackers as evil, but companies also use hackers to find and fix weaknesses in their systems. These ethical hackers—also known as "white hat hackers"—use the same techniques as regular ...

WASHINGTON -- The United States on Wednesday charged 12 alleged state-backed Chinese hackers and state officials with offenses related to accessing the email accounts of Chinese dissidents and foreign ...

A hacker is an individual who uses computer, networking or other skills to overcome a technical problem. The term also refers to anyone who uses such abilities to gain unauthorized access to systems ...