Firefox and Opera appear to be the browsers of choice for hackers running web sites that launch drive-by malware attacks, according to new research..

Essential criteria: Must think like the enemy, know the enemy and report to the American Government. Previous hacking experience considered.

An annual hacking conference in Canada is offering enterprising hackers $10,000 in cash and phone prizes for finding vulnerabilities in smartphones such as the iPhone, Android and Blackberry.

Better security technology means that hackers are focussing on the point where humans meet machines as a way to hack systems..

As neural controllers grow in popularity, so will hackers attempts to create malicious code to potentially corrupt, control and infiltrate our brains. So, what are the experts doing about it?

Hackers have apparently found a way to decipher the PIN code data from millions of ATM cards without the need for external skimming devices at the ATM

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Nvidia's refusal to let its users do what they like with the cards they have bought has sparked a backlash amongst hackers.

Security and privacy advocates argue that RFID tags could make it easier for hackers to target our private information, as RFIDs permeate every facet of everyday life

Apple has big plans to tackle iPhone jailbreaking, with a job posting for an "iPhone OS Platform Security Manager" showing Apple means business

The web site of open source organisation the Apache Software Foundation, was taken down yesterday after hackers compromised the SSH key for one of its servers.

Over half a million credit card holders may have had their account details captured by hackers, after web hosting firm Network Solutionsrevealed that more than 4,000 of the e-commerce sites it hosts could have been breached..

The Government's own film and literature classification website has suffered at the hands of an unknown enemy, apparently from some kind of Alien civilisation, according to the hacker's note.

Surfers are being warned not to click on shortened URLs on sites such as Twitter, after it emerged that a major URL shortening service was hacked at the weekend..

Screensavers rated at 59% on top of the list of the web's most dangerous search terms, based on a McAfee survey of 413,368 unique urls that can infect your computer with malware, viruses and other nasties.

Linux hackers working on the next version of the Linux kernel claim that some new improvements will speed up the OS on the desktop.

Using popular jailbreaking tools freely available online, an iPhone developer and hacker has demonstrated the lack of security on the Apple iPhone 3GS - and posing potential worries if you're using the iPhone for business.

A researcher has found a flaw that would allow hackers to steal information from those using Mac OS X 10.5, aka Leopard, or Safari for the PC.

MessageLabs warns malware is likely to go undetected.