A computer hacker is an online security expert who exploits weaknesses in a computer system or network. The term 'white hat' refers to hackers who operate for non-malicious reasons, for example, ...

The body that runs the International Baccalaureate (IB) diploma programme said on Wednesday it had been hacked but stressed no papers of the ongoing exams were leaked amid a wider cheating scandal.

One password is believed to have been all it took for a ransomware gang to destroy a 158-year-old company and put 700 people out of work. KNP - a Northamptonshire transport company - is just one of ...

Qantas is investigating a major cyberattack after hackers accessed a system holding personal data belonging to 6 million customers, Australia’s flagship airline has said. Qantas took “immediate steps” ...

Gift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe. A cyberattack on Russian state-owned flagship carrier Aeroflot caused a mass outage to the company’s computer systems on Monday, ...

Air-gap computers or computing systems are those that have been physically removed from other networks, such as the internet, as a way to make them remotely hack-proof. The only way such a computer or ...

The “threat actor” who conducted a ransomware attack on the state of Nevada was in the government’s computer systems as early as three months before, the state revealed in an after-action report ...

Experts have warned terrorists could hold the NHS to ransom by hacking computer systems and changing patients’ records. The health service is particularly sensitive because it holds so much data about ...

You’re standing in the terminal, earbuds in, trying to zone out before your flight boards. Maybe you’re sipping overpriced coffee, or juggling kids and carry-ons, or just praying your flight isn’t ...

Stanford's AI agent Artemis successfully identified security flaws missed by expert hackers. This AI agent took 16 hours to outperform professional penetration testers, spotting weaknesses that even ...