The UK’s Ministry of Defence (MoD) has just completed a 30-day bug bounty challenge which opened its systems to probing by ethical hackers. Bug bounty programs are designed to challenge “white hat” ...

Ethical hackers working through HackerOne programmes discovered more than 65,000 software vulnerabilities in 2022 – 21% up on 2021 – and over 120,000 customer vulnerabilities, with reports for ...

While more companies are investing in beefing up their IT security, most cybersecurity practices are still reactive in their nature, relying on software tools to identify when a breach has happened – ...

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 ...

Modern amenities come with modern problems. Every new internet of things doorbell, connected vehicle, or online service introduces possible attack vectors for hackers with malicious intent. One small ...

TAMPA, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--EC-Council, the leading global cybersecurity certification body, has announced the release of its flagship Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH) version 12 program, and plans to ...

Yesterday, developers took notice of two hugely popular Python and PHP libraries, respectively, 'ctx' and 'PHPass' that had been hijacked, as first reported in the news by BleepingComputer. Both of ...

The cybersecurity skills shortage has reached peak levels, with more than 500,000 job openings in the field as major cyberattacks loom on the horizon. Organizations are desperate to acquire this ...

Why do people become ethical hackers? Given the negative connotations that the word “hacker” has unfortunately acquired over the past few decades, it's tough to understand why anyone would ascribe ...

Researchers informed organization of a flaw that exposed GitHub credentials through the organization’s vulnerability disclosure program. Security researchers successfully hacked the United Nations, ...

Apparently, one of the significant aftereffects of the pandemic will be the next big wave of IT outsourcing. And, of course, one of the most important responsibilities of IT is security. So there may ...