USB devices such as mice, keyboards and thumb-drives can be used to hack into personal computers in a potential new class of attacks that evade all known security protections, a top computer ...

The nation's premier anti-hacking law poses a threat to the civil liberties of the millions of Americans who use computers and the internet and could lead to the arrest and prosecution of many if ...

If you want to meet a really smart hacker, talk to a cybersecurity defender. These talented professionals are working every day to make cybercrime harder and less lucrative.

The U.S. National Security Agency (NSA), the UK's National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC), and partners from over a dozen ...

In 1970, a 14-year-old boy dialed into a nationwide computer network, uploaded a virus he had written and caused the entire network to crash. That boy was Bill Gates. Five years later, he founded ...

The two self-described hacktivists said they had access to the North Korean spy’s computer for around four months before ...

His colorful career — from student tinkerer to FBI-hunted fugitive, imprisoned felon and finally respected cybersecurity professional — mirrors the evolution of society’s grasp of the ...

The interactive Hack Your First Computer exhibit, located in the Golisano Hall atrium, will also inform people about the simple ways they can protect their information and devices.