Security News

Not sure this will matter in the end, but it’s a positive move: Microsoft is accusing three individuals of running a “hacking-as-a-service” scheme that was designed to allow the creation of...

Microsoft has revealed that it's pursuing legal action against a "foreign-based threat–actor group" for operating a hacking-as-a-service infrastructure to intentionally get around the safety...

The U.S. Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) on Friday issued sanctions against a Beijing-based cybersecurity company known as Integrity Technology Group, Incorporated...

Rob Joyce explains how it's done Video In 2018, Rob Joyce, then Donald Trump's White House Cybersecurity Coordinator, gave a surprise talk at the legendary hacking conference Shmoocon about his hobby.…

A judge has found that NSO Group, maker of the Pegasus spyware, has violated the US Computer Fraud and Abuse Act by hacking WhatsApp in order to spy on people using it. Jon Penney and I wrote a...

Not everything needs to be digital and “smart.” License plates, for example: Josep Rodriguez, a researcher at security firm IOActive, has revealed a technique to “jailbreak” digital license plates...

The U.S. Treasury Department has sanctioned Chinese cybersecurity company Sichuan Silence and one of its employees for their involvement in a series of Ragnarok ransomware attacks targeting U.S....

In this Help Net Security interview, Balázs Pózner, CEO at Hackrate, discusses the essential technical skills for ethical hackers and how they vary across different security domains. He explains...

Microsoft is enhancing its bug bounty initiatives with the launch of the Zero Day Quest hacking event. With $4 million in potential rewards, it focuses on driving research in critical areas such...

Microsoft announced today at its Ignite annual conference in Chicago, Illinois, that it's expanding its bug bounty programs with Zero Day Quest, a new hacking event focusing on cloud and AI...