A man in a black hoodie wearing a Guy Fawkes mask sits in a dark room, face lit up forebodingly by his laptop screen. He types furiously, laying down dozens of lines of code. After a few moments go by ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Algorithms are the building blocks that, when layered together, form the cryptographic fortress ...

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 ...

WASHINGTON – The Justice Department announced charges Wednesday against 12 Chinese citizens who are accused of cyber-hacking to steal data from the Treasury Department and other organizations ...

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 ...

A sealed FBI file alleges Matt Weiss was in UM offices when computer accounts were hacked, leading to the theft of intimate ...

Matthew Weiss, 42, downloaded the data of over 150,000 athletes. The former co-offensive coordinator for the University of Michigan's football team has been charged with hacking into thousands of ...

A good degree in computer science, plus specialist certifications, should put you in the right position to become an ethical hacker. Unlike the popular image of hackers, ethical hackers don’t tend to ...

A judge in the United Kingdom has recommended the extradition of a private investigator to the United States whom the Justice Department accuses of leading a hacking operation that targeted American ...

Catherine Venusto allegedly changed kids' grades in school computer. July 19, 2012— -- A Pennsylvania mom faces six felony charges for allegedly hacking into her children's school computer to ...