Bounty-hunting became mainstream in 2012 with Bugcrowd and HackerOne. These were followed by, for example, YesWeHack (2015) and Intigriti (2016) in Europe. Used correctly, bounty platforms take away ...

In a twist of cybernetic irony, LockBit, once the world’s most notorious ransomware gang, has recently been hacked – exposing its secrets, affiliate identities, and negotiation tactics to the world.

It has been revealed that Chinese hackers have been exploiting a remote code execution flaw in Ivanti Endpoint Manager Mobile (EPMM) to breach high-profile organizations worldwide. The vulnerabilities ...

The prolific cybercrime group ShinyHunters took responsibility for hacking Harvard and the University of Pennsylvania, and published the stolen data on its extortion website.

Hackers are pulling the strings far beyond cyberspace. A research team has uncovered details of a scam to hijack real-world cargo shipments. Here's NPR cybersecurity correspondent Jenna McLaughlin.

Earlier this year, two hackers broke into a computer and soon realized the significance of what this machine was. As it turned out, they had landed on the computer of a hacker who allegedly works for ...

Hackers may be able to “vandalise” other people’s results on a quantum computer, say researchers, who warn that the problem will only get worse as devices become larger and host more users ...