Two alleged computer hackers were indicted in the District of Massachusetts on charges of damaging multiple websites across the United States as retaliation for United States military action in ...

The French prime minister's announcement last week that he will hire computer hackers and community managers to confront the online jihadist threat, has led to privacy groups branding his comments as ...

How do hackers get access to your computer? Hackers have many tricks up their sleeves. Viruses and malicious software, aka malware, make the most of security gaps, but something called social ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Computer hacker and former college student Matthew Lane — who was a teenager when he carried out a massive cyberattack on ...

In the wake of four young people being arrested over suspected involvement in the recent Marks & Spencer, Co-op and Harrods ransomware attacks, it is easy to rush to censure those responsible for the ...

Computer hacking mastermind Albert Gonzalez was sentenced in Boston federal court on Thursday to 20 years in prison for two cases that charged him with stealing 40 million debit and credit card ...

Two hackers claimed to have found evidence that North Korean hackers targeted South Korean government networks and companies by breaching a computer used by a member of Pyongyang's Kimsuky ...

In the computer security context, a hacker is someone who seeks and exploits weaknesses in a computer system or computer network. Hackers may be motivated by a multitude of reasons, such as profit, ...