It’s no surprise firewalls and encryption are instrumental to help defend against cyberattacks, but those tools can’t defend against one of the largest cybersecurity threats: people. Social ...

My passwords are strong, but if hackers can convince tech support into thinking they're me with a few easy-to-Google details, what can I really do to protect myself? Also, how can I avoid being ...

Someone can access your online accounts, delete your most personal data, and otherwise ruin your digital life without having to write a single line of code. All it takes is a little bit of public ...

Major companies such as Disney, Boeing and General Electric are still handing out information to “hackers” using the most basic tool of all - the human voice. The Social Engineer Capture the Flag ...

When an attacker hacks into your personal online accounts, it can wreak havoc. But hackers don't always use complex software flaws or incomprehensible network trickery – sometimes it's as easy as ...

In corporate IT systems, humans are usually the weakest link In corporate IT systems, humans are usually the weakest link Even for a company with Uber’s resources, these kinds of social engineering ...

In 2025, crypto hacks totaled $3.4B across 300+ incidents, where social-engineering and access-control failures dominated. Let's look at the major ones.

National Motor Freight Traffic Association Cybersecurity Director Artie Crawford has seen it firsthand. Even the most ostensibly cyber-aware of individuals can fall victim to the tricks of the hackers ...

Mobile gaming is boom. 2020 app revenue topped $111 billion, 30% more than all of 2019, according to research firm Sensor Tower. It estimates that gaming hit $79.5 billion on mobile, and 43% of that ...

When I say the term hacker, most people immediately picture an anti-social, loner, squirreled away in some dark basement, deploying a brute force attack on a corporate network. It’s actually ...

There’s an action movie caricature that often comes to mind when people hear the word “hacker”: A black-clad figure sits in a dark room, drenched in the pale blue light of five huge monitors. The ...

Last month, Ikea and teenage engineering launched the Frekvens collection of lighting and speaker modules. Now teenage engineering has added a bunch of CAD files to the mix so that owners can print ...