TeamPCP hackers say AI helped them launch a devastating spree of attacks. But they wouldn’t have succeeded if developers’ security hadn’t been so weak in the first place.

Unmasking impostors is something the art world has faced for decades, and there are valuable lessons from the works of Elmyr de Hory that can apply to the world of defensive cybersecurity. During the ...

Hackers are using AI to search for bugs in DeFi protocols. They stand to make millions of dollars doing so. Offensive capacity is improving far faster than defensive tooling, veteran DeFi builder says ...

A team of UC Santa Cruz students and an alumnus earned third place at the 2026 Mistral AI Worldwide Hackathon in San ...

After hacking Trivy, TeamPCP moved to compromise repositories across NPM, Docker Hub, VS Code, and PyPI, stealing over 300GB of data.

A reported breach of P3 Global Intel exposed millions of anonymous crime and school safety tips, raising new concerns about ...

A recent Los Angeles trial revealed a subculture that revolves around newly created crypto wealth and young men who flaunt fortunes built through elaborate scams.

Microsoft blocked a popular Windows 11 registry hack that significantly boosted SSD speeds. Learn how the tweak worked and the new way to enable it today.

Chris Hacker is a computational journalist on The Washington Post’s national desk, analyzing data to understand how broad trends shape the lives of everyday Americans. Before joining The Post in 2025, ...

Mark Sammut grew up on the PlayStation 1 and has been playing games ever since, although he is no longer limited to just Sony ...

A foreign hacker unknowingly compromised a cache of the FBI’s documents on Jeffrey Epstein three years ago and was so disgusted by what they saw in the files that they threatened to report them to the ...

A top Iranian hacker long wanted by the FBI was killed last week following a joint Israeli strike on Iran, according to an Iranian media outlet. Mohammad Mehdi Farhadi Ramin, an Iranian man accused of ...