Kevin Mitnick was once the “most wanted” hacker before becoming a security consultant, writer and public speaker Kevin Mitnick, a reformed hacker who was once one of the FBI's "most wanted" ...

Kevin Mitnick, who was once one of the most wanted computer hackers in the world, has died at the age of 59. Mitnick died Sunday in Las Vegas after a 14-month battle with pancreatic cancer, said Stu ...

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THE emotional mother of Scottish computer hacker Gary McKinnon said it was “amazing” to see her son smile for the first time in years, after he finally won his ten-year battle against extradition to ...

Before the invention of the personal computer and the internet, a maverick species of technological spelunker – the phone phreak – explored, documented and played with an intricate technical system: ...

Tech outlet Wired is at the center of a potential data breach after a lone hacker claimed to have breached Condé Nast and is ...

A mysterious group of hackers has been quietly breaking into the computer networks of telecommunications companies on a global scale, according to new security research. Buried deep inside mobile ...

Last year’s devastating breach of LastPass has been traced back to a piece of keylogging malware that was secretly installed on an employee’s home computer. One lingering question had been how the ...

CHINESE hackers could be spying on your computer while you work from home — and use it as a back door to steal your company’s secrets. Beijing’s cyber henchmen are said to be exploiting the Covid ...

The Anonymous hacktivist collective has been bombarding Russia with cyber-attacks since declaring "cyber war" on President Vladimir Putin in retaliation for the invasion of Ukraine. Several people ...

An American hacker 'in his pyjamas' has taken down North Korea's internet in revenge for a cyber attack carried out against him by Pyongyang. The hacker, who has been named only as P4x, launched ...