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 ...

Bounty-hunting became mainstream in 2012 with Bugcrowd and HackerOne. These were followed by, for example, YesWeHack (2015) and Intigriti (2016) in Europe. Used correctly, bounty platforms take away ...

The laws of quantum mechanics make it impossible to copy quantum information, but that doesn’t mean quantum computers are unhackable. Two independent teams of researchers have now devised methods for ...

The breakthrough addresses concerns that powerful quantum computers could eventually crack encryption standards to leave vulnerable financial systems, government communications, health data and media.

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, ...

The images we see every day on our screens could hide dangers for our computers. A recent study reveals that artificial intelligence agents, these personal assistants capable of performing automated ...