Last year, hackers penetrated every single voting machine they tried to breach. At DEF CON, one of the world’s largest hacking conferences, hackers clad in black hoodies made headlines last year when ...

The first full day of DEF CON was packed with hacking hardware and cars. I got to learn about why your car is less secure than you might think, pick some locks, and found out that there are electronic ...

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Lock picking might seem ridiculously old-fashioned at a cybersecurity gathering — but learning it can actually help people protect machines from digital threats. As security improves ...

“I did not do it! I just downloaded a torrent I found when I was looking for porn,” stated 24-year-old Alberto García Illera at the beginning of his Def Con presentation called “How to hack all the ...

I don't think the timing could be better on the editorial calendar than to have the deadline for the Hacking issue coincide with the Black Hat and DEF CON conferences. Although I have long been ...

Thousands of computer hackers are heading to Las Vegas this week for Black Hat and Def Con, back-to-back information security conventions where attendees are warned not to send passwords over Wi-Fi or ...