How secure is your wireless router? The Def Con 22 hacker conference aims to find out exactly how resilient off the shelf products are next month during a six-day hackathon. Seasoned hackers and ...

LAS VEGAS (Reuters) - At a conference where hackers can try their hand at picking locks and discover cyber vulnerabilities in a makeshift hospital, they can also endeavor to break into the control ...

Hackers have hijacked a decommissioned satellite and used it to broadcast films. The feat was demonstrated at the Def Con hacking conference in Las Vegas over the weekend by the hacking collective ...

Hackers attending this weekend's Def Con hacking convention in Las Vegas will have a chance to break into voting machines and voter databases in a bid to uncover vulnerabilities that could be ...

On Thursday, a group of the world’s brightest, most dangerous nerds will spend three days in the sweltering Las Vegas heat (well, inside of an air-conditioned ballroom at the Paris Hotel) to take part ...

Our team tests, rates, and reviews more than 1,500 products each year to help you make better buying decisions and get more from technology. The controversy over leaked National Security Agency (NSA) ...

Blackphone, touted as the world's most secure Android phone, has reportedly been hacked in less than five minutes. This feat was accomplished at the recent DefCon hacking conference, by @TeamAndIRC, ...

Simply sign up to the Life & Arts myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. When tens of thousands of computer hackers hit Las Vegas for a weekend, a drab convention centre is transformed for a ...

Some of the smartest - and potentially most dangerous - minds in the hacking community have gathered in Las Vegas for their annual meeting, Def Con. As cases of hack attacks on major companies grow, ...

Federal agents have been asked to stay away from one of the world's biggest hacker gatherings. Revelations about the scale of US government spying meant emotions in the hacking world were "running ...

One of the biggest hacking conferences in the world, Def Con, took place earlier this month. Cybersecurity talks included hacking cars, traffic lights and social engineering - where actors tried to ...