I'm not sure if, in the darkest parts of the internet, there is a competitive hacking league, but if there is, I doubt it's anything like developer Austin Dixon's Script Kiddies. It's a server hacking ...

It's easy to set up a cybercriminal operation these days. But not all crooks are cut out for this game, some ending up not just infecting their own computers but also leaving identifying evidence on ...

Since its beta launch in November, AI chatbot ChatGPT has been used for a wide range of tasks, including writing poetry, technical papers, novels, and essays and planning parties and learning about ...

This year’s Black Hat and Def Con Internet security conferences appeared more professional than in previous years, with more security professionals and government officials in attendance. But one ...

While cyberattacks on the whole have grown more sophisticated, certain basic attacks are a concern for less-obvious reasons, says CISA cybersecurity advisor Brad Manuel. While cyberattacks on the ...

Richard Bejtlich of TaoSecurity decried the tool on Twitter, saying, "There is no need to release this. The tie to Shodan puts it over the edge. There is no legitimate reason to put mass exploitation ...

Add DMNews to your Google News feed. Tension: Inexperienced hackers crave shortcuts to power, yet the very tools that promise a shortcut often flip and claim the hackers as victims. Noise: Forums and ...

The hack of a television station which became the spark that ignited diplomatic fury and sent Qatar into crisis mode was "extremely easy to carry out," according to reports. Sources speaking to ...

Researchers at Flashpoint said Friday’s DDoS attack against DNS provider Dyn was likely the work of script kiddies and not advanced attackers. New research on the source of Friday’s DDoS attack ...

COMMENTARY--Young virus writers and script kiddies troll the Internet every day. Most are not malicious, just bored. Like street gangs, they have created a way to tag the Internet (viral code), have ...

Security company Flashpoint said in a blog post Tuesday that the social and technical indicators of Friday's distributed denial of service attack – which took down more than 1,200 websites – reveal ...