South Africa has become hackers' heaven now that widely available software has made it easier to break into websites. No longer is hacking the domain of ingenious but unscrupulous computer geeks who ...

Web hackers are ramping up the cyberwar that has erupted overWikiLeaks as the number of people downloading the software used to disable MasterCard and Visa reached nearly 35,000. A spokesman for the ...

Peiter Zatko, the famed hacker popularly known as Mudge, and his wife Sarah have created a Consumer Reports-style ratings system to deliver computer software that is always safe, says Reuters. This ...