When a bad software update from the security firm CrowdStrike inadvertently caused digital chaos around the world last month, the first signs were Windows computers showing the Blue Screen of Death.

A man in a black hoodie wearing a Guy Fawkes mask sits in a dark room, face lit up forebodingly by his laptop screen. He types furiously, laying down dozens of lines of code. After a few moments go by ...

The cybersecurity company CrowdStrike said Wednesday evening that some of the company’s private information on the hackers it tracks had been posted online, and that the hacker behind the leak has ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Hackers are a busy bunch, with more than 300 million computers hacked every year — and there's a dizzying range of ways in which a ...

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 ...

Gregory Falco, PhD ’18, does very cool things, but unfortunately, he can’t talk about a lot of them. An assistant professor in Cornell University’s Sibley School of Mechanical and Aerospace ...

The Ukrainian police arrested a 35-year-old hacker who breached 5,000 accounts at an international hosting company and used them to mine cryptocurrency, resulting in $4.5 million in damages. "The ...