A black hat hacker historically has been used to describe one who has malicious intent -- such as theft of information, fraud or disrupting systems -- but increasingly, more specific terms are being ...

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 ...

A notorious hacking group has claimed responsibility for last year’s data breaches at Harvard University and the University of Pennsylvania (UPenn) and published the data that they claim to have ...