The developer of the popular text editor Notepad++ said hackers associated with the Chinese government hijacked its software ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Davey Winder is a veteran cybersecurity writer, hacker and analyst. Update, July 11, 2025: This story, originally published on ...

Video gamers who exploit glitches in games can help experts better understand buggy software, students suggest. Video gamers who exploit glitches in games can help experts better understand buggy ...

As attacks on the operating system grow more serious, the company is teasing a plan to bring “verifiable integrity” to Linux.

A hacker has managed to infect over a dozen widely used software packages with a crypto-looting malware after successfully phishing the programmer responsible for maintaining them. This morning, the ...

Cybercrime is on the rise, and we’re all vulnerable. The FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center fielded 800,944 complaints reporting losses of more than $10.3 billion from suspected internet scams in ...

Anonymous hacker programmer uses a laptop to hack the system in the dark. Creation and infection of malicious virus. The concept of cybercrime and hacking database With phones now central to ...

The recent hack of a Federal Reserve’s website highlights an ongoing problem many organizations face in trying to keep software up to date with security patches, experts say. The Fed acknowledged on ...

We tend to think using our PCs is the most harmless thing on the planet — that when we’re alone, it’s just ourselves and our thoughts for company. But the terrifying truth is that our PC’s webcam can ...