Do viruses, DDoS attacks, or buffer overflows tickle your fancy? If so, you might consider becoming a legal hacker, aka an ethical hacker, “white hat” hacker, or penetration tester. Businesses and ...

As the world becomes increasingly digital, the demand for skilled cybersecurity professionals continues to soar. To adequately prepare the next ...

Women make up only 24% of the information security workforce, which is a troubling number in an age when equal representation is needed more than ever. Ethical hacker, bug hunter, and hacker advocate ...

Ethical hacking might sound like a contradiction in terms, but it’s actually an important tool when it comes to an organization's cyber security. An ethical hacker, also known as a white hat hacker, ...

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As the digital world continues to advance and progress rapidly, cybercrimes do as well. Criminals, particularly cybercriminals, no longer need to leave their comfort zone to commit crimes. They ...

WORCESTER - Students participating in Worcester Polytechnic Institute’s Cyber Security Club stare at their laptop screens, typing long lines of code. They hope to find vulnerabilities in software and ...

Kali Linux has released version 2025.4, its final update of the year, introducing three new hacking tools, desktop environment improvements, the preview of Wifipumpkin3 in NetHunter, and enhanced ...

A couple of months ago, a reader asked me what I thought of the “Certified Ethical Hacker” credential, offered by the International Council of Electronic Commerce Consultants — the so-called ...