The UK’s Ministry of Defence (MoD) has just completed a 30-day bug bounty challenge which opened its systems to probing by ethical hackers. Bug bounty programs are designed to challenge “white hat” ...

Ethical hackers working through HackerOne programmes discovered more than 65,000 software vulnerabilities in 2022 – 21% up on 2021 – and over 120,000 customer vulnerabilities, with reports for ...

Securing your computer and network is a lot more complex than setting a trusty password (that isn’t your pet’s name!). There is an entire IT field devoted to testing the security of a system or ...

While more companies are investing in beefing up their IT security, most cybersecurity practices are still reactive in their nature, relying on software tools to identify when a breach has happened – ...

Overview Foundational certifications for ethical hacking help to build practical skills and basic knowledge for beginners in this field.Despite criticism for be ...

Ethical hacking might sound like a contradiction in terms, but it’s actually an important tool when it comes to an organization's cyber security. An ethical hacker, also known as a white hat hacker, ...

Yesterday, developers took notice of two hugely popular Python and PHP libraries, respectively, 'ctx' and 'PHPass' that had been hijacked, as first reported in the news by BleepingComputer. Both of ...

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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 ...

Why do people become ethical hackers? Given the negative connotations that the word “hacker” has unfortunately acquired over the past few decades, it's tough to understand why anyone would ascribe ...