Hackers & Hacking is a very broad tag group that includes various shades of hackers (white, grey and black hat) and their exploits. Traditionally, hacking was what someone did to figure out how something works and how to make it better, it is still that for many. However, the modern usage is now typically carries a negative connotation.
Usage here is in the broad sense with both traditional and modern usages. It’s a catch-all. Posted content is more closely identified with other associated tags.
Experts anticipated a Moscow-led cyber-assault; instead, unprecedented attacks by hacktivists and criminals have wreaked havoc in Russia
Hacking Russia was off-limits. The Ukraine war made it a free-for-all Read More
Western intelligence services are raising alarms about Cyclops Blink, the latest tool at the notorious group’s disposal.
Russia’s Sandworm Hackers Have Built a Botnet of Firewalls Read More
A wave of cyberattacks meant to make a statement and particularly buoy Ukraine could have unintended consequences.
Hacktivists Stoke Pandemonium Amid Russia’s War in Ukraine Read More
A decade-long quest to become a cyber superpower is paying off for China.
How China built a one-of-a-kind cyber-espionage behemoth to last Read More
Washington has sanctioned Russian cybersecurity firm Positive Technologies. US intelligence reports claim it provides hacking tools and runs operations for the Kremlin.
The $1 billion Russian cyber company that the US says hacks for Moscow Read More
Security researchers have found signs that the pervasive hacking and misinformation campaign comes not from Moscow but from Minsk.
‘Ghostwriter’ Looks Like a Purely Russian Op—Except It’s Not Read More
The Kremlin’s web of nonstate hackers can wreak just as much havoc as Putin’s government.
Russia’s Cyber Threat to Ukraine Is Vast—and Underestimated Read More
Roman Dobrokhotov has been playing a dangerous game for a Russian reporter: identifying agents of the GRU military intelligence agency.
The Russian Sleuth Who Outs Moscow’s Elite Hackers and Assassins Read More
The White House was quick to publicly blame Russia for a cyberattack against Ukraine, the latest sign that cyber attribution is a crucial tool in the American arsenal.
The US is unmasking Russian hackers faster than ever Read More
Hacks that can play out without any user interaction may be more common than we realize, in part because they’re so difficult to detect.
Sneaky Zero-Click Attacks Are a Hidden Menace Read More
“We’re trying to walk the line between not impairing legitimate cybersecurity collaboration across borders, but trying to make sure these pieces of hardware and software technology aren’t obtained and used by repressive governments,” the senior official said.
Commerce Department announces new rule aimed at stemming sale of hacking tools to Russia and China Read More
From Russian Olympic cyberattacks to billion-dollar North Korean malware, how one tech giant monitors nation-sponsored hackers everywhere on earth.
Inside the Microsoft team tracking the world’s most dangerous hackers Read More
This is a big moment of turbulence and change for the hacking business. But the demand is here to stay.
The hacker-for-hire industry is now too big to fail Read More
A top cybersecurity journalist tells the story behind the virus that sabotaged Iran’s nuclear efforts and shows how its existence has ushered in a new age of warfare—one in which a digital attack can have the same destructive capability as a megaton bomb.
Countdown to Zero Day: Stuxnet and the Launch of the World’s First Digital Weapon Read More
Russia and Ukraine promised to cooperate and help catch the world’s most successful hackers. But things didn’t quite go to plan.
Inside the FBI, Russia, and Ukraine’s failed cybercrime investigation Read More
The world’s most notorious surveillance company says it wants to clean up its act. Go on, we’re listening.
Inside NSO, Israel’s billion-dollar spyware giant Read More
The new director of the US Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency, Jen Easterly, joined WIRED contributing editor Garrett Graff to talk about hacking and misinformation on a global scale and how to combat the ever-evolving nature of cyberattacks.
Jen Easterly Wants Hackers to Help US Cyber Defense Read More
What was exceptional about MIT was not that it had a computer or that unkempt programmers were devising impressive tricks. It was that MIT had enough computers that a couple of surplus machines could be left out for members of the community to play with.
When Hackers Were Heroes Read More
The SolarWinds affair is simply another incident in a long pattern of intrusions.
The SolarWinds Hack Read More
China has increasingly relied on contractors for its hacking, which opens the door to all kinds of criminal behavior.
How China’s Hacking Entered a Reckless New Phase Read More