Kali Linux 2026.2, the second release of the year, is now available for download, featuring 9 new tools and numerous Kali ...

A brute force attack automates password guessing until one works. Here's why it still succeeds, real incidents it's caused, ...

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An exposed WP-SHELLSTORM server revealed tools, logs, cloud credentials, and thousands of webshells used in a large website ...

The U.S. Army has fixed two of its websites that were hacked to display messages calling President Trump a "pedophile" and a ...

A 16-year-old Linux kernel vulnerability, dubbed Januscape, allows attackers to escape a virtual machine and execute ...

GhostLock (CVE-2026-43499) is a 15-year-old Linux kernel vulnerability that allows attackers to gain root privileges.

We're all well aware by now of the various harms caused by AI: rising electricity prices, a shortage of municipal water supply, and negative effects on the environment. In addition to all of this, AI ...

The private events group, cofounded by Peter Thiel, says a “criminal” hacker is behind a breach that exposed members’ personal details. WIRED found no evidence a break-in was needed to access the ...

How long have we been hacking routers? To some of you who’ve been in the Hackaday audience for a while, the answer is “nearly forever”. In the early 2000s, they were one of the few consumer gadgets ...

A cyber-extortion group calling itself FulcrumSec said on Monday that it had stolen roughly 1.3 terabytes of data from Novo Nordisk, the Danish maker of the weight-loss drugs Wegovy and Ozempic, and ...

AI browsers can be convenient, but they also come with security risks.