News of data breaches is nothing new in 2026, and we’ve seen dozens just since the start of the year. A lot of this comes down to the tools in use, especially with the rise and proliferation of ...

Pwn2Own hackers use $150,000 exploit on VMware ESXi. The elite hackers attending Pwn2Own in Berlin have made hacking history by successfully deploying a zero-day exploit against VMware ESXi. Having ...

Crime and malfeasance are always in the news, but there is something about a hacker that tends to capture the public’s imagination—whether it’s a technical whiz kid in a parent’s basement or the rogue ...

Cybersecurity architect and adjunct professor at NC State University Jeff Crume joins WIRED to answer the internet's burning questions about the history of hacking. What was the first computer virus?

A SpaceX and X engineer, Christopher Stanley—currently serving as a senior advisor in the Deputy Attorney General’s office at the Department of Justice (DOJ)—was reportedly caught bragging about ...

A text file called RockYou2024 was uploaded to the dark web on July 4, exposing over 10 billion unique passwords. It marks the largest password leak in history. A ...