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In the 1990s, open-source movements and events like DEF CON helped establish hacking as a valuable and collaborative skill. At the same time, black hat hackers and cybercriminals demonstrated the ...

"Traditionally, a black hat hacker is one who is not bound by any kind of ethical code, willing to break the law, and is in it for specifically his own purposes," he explains. "I at one time ...

This glossary includes the most common terms and expressions TechCrunch uses in our security reporting, and explanations of ...

Ed Gaudet, CEO and founder of Cesinet, a risk management and cybersecurity company focused on finding solutions for healthcare, said that “financial gain is still the number one driver for hackers.” ...

Hackers have reportedly compromised many popular Google Chrome extensions. As Reuters reports, that includes Cyberhaven, a tool intended to help businesses stop unauthorized employee access to ...

The attackers successfully exploited trust within the cybersecurity community to compromise dozens of machines belonging to both white hat and black hat hackers after the targets unknowingly ...

It's something Bastian Treptel knows all too well - he was a bona fide 'black-hat hacker' - breaking into computers and accounts, stealing sensitive information and credit card details, until he was ...