Most people see hackers as evil, but companies also use hackers to find and fix weaknesses in their systems. These ethical hackers—also known as "white hat hackers"—use the same techniques as regular ...

Nearly three-quarters (72%) of white hat hackers do not believe that generative AI can replace human creativity in security research and vulnerability management, according to Bugcrowd’s Inside the ...

Katie Paxton-Fear is neurodiverse (‘autistic’, she says). It’s a common, but not causal, condition among hackers. Autism ...

A British ethical hacker who identified a vulnerability in the Australian government website has been awarded a visa for his ...

Why does cybersecurity sound like such an intimidating career path? Maybe it’s because of job titles like ethical hacker, or because of tools called Burp Suite… but we promise that it’s not as hard or ...

Hackers have earned $300 million in all-time rewards from HackerOne through its bug bounty program. The company, which pairs organizations with a community of ethical hackers who look for ...

Version 3.0 of BackTrack has been released. BackTrack is a Linux-based distribution dedicated to penetration testing or hacking (depending on how you look at it). It contains more than 300 of the ...