CHICAGO (WLS) -- A new form of computer hacking attack called a Remote Access Trojan hack, or a RAT, cost one suburban woman more than $9,000 before she was able to recover the money. "The hackers are ...

Critical security flaws targeting Windows and Office users allow hackers to take complete control of a victim's computer by ...

Here is a look at President’s Day business headlines with Jane King, who has the latest on cyberattacks and the complications caused by artificial intelligence. Hackers changing up cybercrime tactics ...

One of the best defenses against a cyber attack is to know your enemy. At the Imagine RIT: Innovation and Creativity Festival on May 2, festivalgoers can begin protecting themselves by learning how a ...

Interview with Douglas Day, member of the Hacker Advisory Board at HackerOne and a full-time professional hacker.

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 ...

TOWN OF ULSTER, N.Y. – An apparent computer hack has kept the town’s primary systems offline for a week with work being done piecemeal to keep offices running. Supervisor James Quigley on Tuesday said ...

Researchers at FIU’s College of Engineering and Computing have developed an encryption algorithm to defend videos from attackers with access to the world's most powerful computers. The encryption ...

Almost eight years after his arrest in North Carolina on charges related to a two-year computer hacking spree, notorious hacker Kevin Mitnick today is finally free to use computers and roam the ...

DALLAS, Texas — The former leader of a computer-hacking group called the Electronik Tribulation Army was sentenced Thursday to more than 9 years in prison for installing malware on the computers of a ...