A few years ago, we looked at the five main archetypes of a hacker. While in many circles “hacker” has become a catchall name for ‘bad guys’ perpetrating cybercrimes, it’s important to note that not ...

JCU Associate Professor of Information Technology Roberto Dillon has published his new historical analysis in the journal New Media & Society, explaining how gaming, movies and television ...

Regular internet users and corporations are not the only victims of malicious hackers. Sometimes, the hackers themselves get hacked. That is what happened in an unusual hacking campaign, where an ...

This summer, Russia’s hackers put a new twist on the barrage of phishing emails sent to Ukrainians. Limited time: Save 25% on NBC News subscription Get exclusive reporting, live Q&As and ad-free ...

Higher education has long been a target of ransomware gangs and data extortion attacks. But never before, perhaps, has a cyberattack against a single software platform so thoroughly disrupted the ...

Management study finds interest in lawful hacking overlaps with interest in criminal hacking, raising concerns for ...