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A hacker is an individual who uses computer, networking or other skills to overcome a technical problem.Read More

Cyber Safety Review Board slams Microsoft security failures

By Alexander Culafi 03 Apr 2024

The Department of Homeland Security's Cyber Safety Review Board said a 'cascade' of errors at Microsoft allowed nation-state hackers to access U.S. government emails last year. Read More

CISA lists top vulnerabilities exploited by Chinese hackers

By Shaun Nichols 07 Oct 2022

The U.S. government published a list of the most commonly exploited vulnerabilities exploited by Chinese state-sponsored actors, including Log4Shell and the ProxyLogon bugs. Read More

Government launches UK-wide Cyber Explorers Cup

By Alex Scroxton 06 Dec 2023

Schoolkids across the UK are being called on to team up and defeat Herbert the Hacker in a new government-backed competition Read More

Most hackers exfiltrate data within five hours of gaining access

By Sebastian Klovig Skelton 28 Sep 2022

Insights from more than 300 sanctioned adversaries, otherwise known as ‘ethical’ hackers, reveal that around two-thirds are able to collect and exfiltrate data within just five hours of gaining access Read More

Uber responds to possible breach following hacker taunts

By Alexander Culafi 16 Sep 2022

Security researchers spotted suspicious activity on Uber's HackerOne page when the alleged hacker posted messages claiming they had compromised the ride-share company's network. Read More

An introduction to binary diffing for ethical hackers

By Alissa Irei, McGraw Hill Education 22 Apr 2022

Binary diffing is a useful tool in the ethical hacker's arsenal. This excerpt teaches aspiring penetration testers and red teamers how to get started. Read More

Salesforce’s bug bounty programme paid out $3m in 2023

By Alex Scroxton 24 Jan 2024

Ethical hackers disclosed more than 4,000 vulnerabilities to Salesforce last year through its bug bounty programme, and received over $3m in rewards Read More

SEC bitcoin hack was result of SIM-swapping

By Alex Scroxton 23 Jan 2024

A cyber attack on the US financial regulator earlier in January 2024 occurred after hackers took over one of its mobile phone accounts in a so-called SIM-swapping attack Read More

UK and France push for international agreement on spyware

By Bill Goodwin 06 Feb 2024

The UK and France are hosting diplomats, big tech companies and civil society groups, in a two-day conference in London targeting the proliferation of spyware tools and ‘hackers for hire’ Read More

How Dutch hackers are working to make the internet safe

09 Feb 2022

We hear how the personal mission of a Dutch hacker grew into a serious organisation with international ambitions Read More