Hackers may get all the headlines but real world scammers can be just as dangerous — if not more so — especially when the end result is the same. After spending the last decade writing about cyberattacks, data breaches, spyware and malware, I now find ...

Chinese hackers used Anthropic’s Claude AI model to automate cybercrimes targeting banks and governments, the company admitted in a blog post this week. Anthropic believes it’s the “first documented case of a large-scale cyberattack executed without ...

Microsoft is sounding the alarm, and this time, the warning hits home for everyday users. Hackers are now turning Microsoft Teams security threats into real-world dangers that go far beyond corporate networks. Using Teams, cybercriminals gather intel, pose ...

Hackers are pulling the strings far beyond cyberspace. A research team has uncovered details of a scam to hijack real-world cargo shipments. Here's NPR cybersecurity correspondent Jenna McLaughlin. JENNA MCLAUGHLIN, BYLINE: For many years, criminals have ...

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

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 uncertainty of non-malicious hacking.