The former boss of a U.S. hacking tools maker was jailed for selling highly sensitive software exploits to a Russian broker.

The former boss of the L3Harris-owned hacking and surveillance tools maker Trenchant faces nine years in prison for selling several exploits to a Russian broker, which counts the Russian government ...

The unknown Claude user wrote Spanish-language prompts for the chatbot to act as an elite hacker, finding vulnerabilities in ...

The U.S. Treasury announced it was imposing sanctions against a Russian broker of zero-day exploits, its founder and two affiliates, citing a threat to U.S. national security. Another affiliated ...

This week, Step Finance shuts down, IoTeX bridge exploit, Russia-linked exchanges help evade sanctions, Australian charged in $3.5 million scam, a hacker returned ...

AI pentesting grows with chatbot adoption, with free Arcanum labs and Docker setups, a practical path for beginners. Ethical ...

Valuable tools for experienced attackers and researchers, LLMs are not yet capable of creating exploits at a prompt, researchers found in a test of 50 AI models — some of which are getting better ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Davey Winder is a veteran cybersecurity writer, hacker and analyst. Twice every year, some of the best hackers on the planet get ...

Cybercriminals are not only using fear and urgency to exploit their victims. Positive emotions, such as empathy, curiosity, and a desire to help, are also being exploited. “Emotional manipulation is a ...

Researchers uncover wormable XMRig campaign using BYOVD exploit and LLM-built React2Shell attacks hitting 90+ hosts.

$1 million WhatsApp hack at Pwn2Own Ireland confirmed. October 23 should stick in the memory of smartphone users for some time to come. This is the day that the Samsung Galaxy S25 was hacked, ...