QR codes are everywhere these days, from being printed onto receipts to chiseled into granite tombstones. [Will] came up with a way to modify existing QR codes, and his hack has the potential to cause ...

Senior writer at Forbes covering cybercrime, privacy and surveillance. Earlier this week, malware said to belong to the Russian group behind the hack of the Democratic National Committee, known as ...

A new form of cryptomining malware that utilizes U.S. National Security Agency hacking code has been detected rapidly spreading across Asia. Dubbed “Beapy” by security researchers at Symantec Corp.

A security researcher has taken umbrage at Italian malware developer Hacking Team after discovering that his open source exploit tools were included in Android surveillance software sold to ...

Strictly speaking, "hacking" is the act of illegally breaking into a computer system. But lately, the word has been used to define a skill that helps you travel on the cheap — as in "travel hacking." ...

Microsoft's process for sharing information about security vulnerabilities in its products came under fire Friday after a roadmap for exploiting a severe, recently discovered flaw appeared on a ...

On March 20, 2013, a cyberattack brought chaos to several banks and media outlets in South Korea. Then more ominously on December 23 last year, computers at the country’s nuclear operator were ...