Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Davey Winder is a veteran cybersecurity writer, hacker and analyst. There is a long and ongoing debate within the info security ...

The internet offers a rich selection of tools for criminal purposes: password crackers and vulnerability scanners are just two examples. At the same time, one also finds web applications that are ...

An attack on your Wi-Fi network is not like a bank robbery: Instead of masked robbers blowing open the vault with a loud noise, a hacker inconspicuously approaches the router, searches for weak points ...

In a famous scene from the 1992 movie Sneakers, a hacker classic, the main characters park a surveillance van across the street from their target's office and point a telephoto lens through his window ...

In the past, security professionals were true hackers at heart — passionate individuals who made money doing what they loved: breaking systems, pushing boundaries, and constantly learning. They grew ...

People like Alex Johnson, a security system manager at Minneapolis-based Ascent Solutions, earn theirs by acting as the first line of defense between those online criminals and Minnesota organizations ...