I was a preteen hacker. Now I protect companies from cybersecurity threats.

Cybersecurity executive Chaim Mazal says joining a hacker community as a kid helped jump-start his career.

LexisNexis confirms data breach as hackers leak stolen files

American data analytics company LexisNexis Legal & Professional has confirmed to BleepingComputer that hackers breached its servers and accessed some customer and business information.

Hacker mass-mails HungerRush extortion emails to restaurant patrons

Customers of restaurants using the HungerRush point-of-sale (POS) platform say they received emails from a threat actor attempting to extort the company, warning that restaurant and customer data ...

How our AI bots are ignoring their programming and giving hackers superpowers

Welcome to the age of AI hacking, in which the right prompts make amateurs into master hackers.
The Next Web

Hacker (Computer Security)

In the computer security context, a hacker is someone who seeks and exploits weaknesses in a computer system or computer network. Hackers may be motivated by a multitude of reasons, such as profit, ...
Security Boulevard

Hacker Uses Claude, ChatGPT AI Chatbots to Breach Mexican Government Systems

An unknown hacker reportedly used Anthropic's Claude and OpenAI's ChatGPT to breach and exploit Mexico's government networks, stealing some 150GB of sensitive data, including 195 million taxpayer ...
PC Magazine

Hackers Can Take Over Your Security Cameras—and It’s Easier Than You Think

Government agencies, schools, and hospitals install security cameras to protect their clients and their own integrity. But as one research team discovered at the Black Hat security conference this ...
SiliconValley.com

Hacker used Anthropic’s Claude to steal sensitive Mexican data

The unknown Claude user wrote Spanish-language prompts for the chatbot to act as an elite hacker, finding vulnerabilities in ...
SecurityWeek

Hacker Conversations: Inti De Ceukelaire, Raging Against the Machine Creatively

Bounty-hunting became mainstream in 2012 with Bugcrowd and HackerOne. These were followed by, for example, YesWeHack (2015) ...
Forbes

Microsoft Windows Security Bypass — Hello Hackers Use Own Faces

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Davey Winder is a veteran cybersecurity writer, hacker and analyst. This story has been updated on August 59with a statement from ...
CNN

Hacker stole sensitive FEMA and border patrol data in months-long breach

An unidentified hacker stole sensitive data from Customs and Border Protection and Federal Emergency Management Agency employees in a “widespread” breach this summer that lasted several weeks, ...
Computer Weekly

Would you hire a hacker?

In the wake of four young people being arrested over suspected involvement in the recent Marks & Spencer, Co-op and Harrods ransomware attacks, it is easy to rush to censure those responsible for the ...