Hacking is often misunderstood as simply “breaking into computers.” But at its core, hacking is something broader and more fundamental: Hacking means making a system do something it was not meant to ...

Students attempting to access grades, study materials and quizzes were met instead with a message from a hacking group on ...

Ethical hacking might sound like a contradiction in terms, but it’s actually an important tool when it comes to an organization's cyber security. An ethical hacker, also known as a white hat hacker, ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Davey Winder is a veteran cybersecurity writer, hacker and analyst. Update, March 28, 2025: This story, originally published March ...

Microsoft assigned CVE-2026-21520 to a Copilot Studio prompt injection vulnerability and patched it in January — but in Capsule Security's testing, data exfiltrated anyway. Here's what security ...

Cyberattacks backed by the Chinese government are increasing. The Department of Justice indicted two hackers earlier this month and charged them with spying on behalf of the Chinese government. Dakota ...

Security researchers have uncovered a series of cyberattacks targeting Apple customers across the world. The tools used in these hacking campaigns have been dubbed Coruna and DarkSword, and they have ...

Distributed denial of service and SQL injection are the main types of attack discussed on hacking forums, according to new research from security vendor Imperva. Underground discussion forums are an ...

A yearslong U.S. Justice Department investigation of a global hacking campaign that targeted prominent American climate activists took a turn in a London court this week amid an allegation that the ...