We all think of hackers as mischievous troublemakers who wear hoodies and chug mountain dew, but despite what television shows you, these computer geniuses can work for good guys too. White hat ...

Have you ever seen a hacker portrayed in the media and thought, despite the fact that they're doing something malicious, that the actual process of hacking seems pretty cool? It's hard not to. It's ...

When the IBM PC was new, I served as the president of the San Francisco PC User Group for three years. That’s how I met PCMag’s editorial team, who brought me on board in 1986. In the years since that ...

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 ...

Hackers and security researchers will make the annual pilgrimage to the Black Hat security conference in Las Vegas next week. Here's a preview of some of the most insightful—and unsettling—sessions we ...