News of data breaches is nothing new in 2026, and we’ve seen dozens just since the start of the year. A lot of this comes down to the tools in use, especially with the rise and proliferation of ...

In the last 30 years or so, cybersecurity has gone from being a niche specialty within the larger field of computer science, to an industry estimated to be worth more than $170 billion made of a globe ...

Cybersecurity architect and adjunct professor at NC State University Jeff Crume joins WIRED to answer the internet's burning questions about the history of hacking. What was the first computer virus?

In the summer of 2005, Tan Dailin was a 20-year-old grad student at Sichuan University of Science and Engineering when he came to the attention of the People’s Liberation Army of China. Tan was part ...

WASHINGTON >> A top employee of billionaire Elon Musk who is now working in the U.S. Justice Department previously bragged about hacking and distributing pirated software, according to archived copies ...

Hacking technologies have changed little over the years, argues Kevin Townsend, but the opportunities for hackers have changed dramatically By the Numbers: Attack Techniques There is a common ...

A veteran cybersecurity executive who prosecutors said “betrayed” the United States will spend at least the next seven years behind bars, after pleading guilty to stealing and selling hacking and ...