Cyber Security Articles & News

WATCH: Kevin Mitnick On WCBS-AM Author Talks

WCBS producer Rob Hawley talks to Kevin Mitnick about online security and his new book, "The Art of Invisibility: The World's Most Famous Hacker Teaches You How to Be Safe in the Age of Big Brother and Big Data."

Report: Hackers Take Less than 6 Hours on Average to Compromise Targets

Most hackers can compromise a target in less than six hours, according to a survey of hackers and penetration testers released Tuesday by security awareness training firm KnowBe4.

Think you know cyber security? Think again – world’s most famous hacker comes to IP EXPO Manchester

Kevin Mitnick to headline leading Manchester technology conference

Kevin Mitnick gives tips to be on the internet “invisible”

Whomever wants to be "invisible" on the Internet would be wise to encrypt emails and use the Tor network, so advises the famous former hacker and security expert Kevin Mitnick . He was once the most wanted hacker in the world and was eventually sentenced to a prison term of five years for breaking into several large companies.

One woman’s take on HIMSS17 that was

There could be as many different wrap-ups on HIMSS17 as there were people there – over 42,000. No one sees the same vendor exhibits, hears the same presenters, or talks to the same people. There are conferences within conferences. So, here’s just one wrap-up – mine

If You Thought You Knew Exactly What Was Going to Happen at HIMSS17, You Might Have Been Wrong

The annual HIMSS Conference in Orlando brought with it a mix of predictability and surprises

Hackers Prey on Peoples’ Curiosity, Ignorance

Despite their link to drugs, murder, extortion—you name it–we glamorize old-time organized crime figures like Al Capone, Bugsy Siegel and Lucky Luciano. These gun-toting thugs, donning pin-striped suits and fedoras and smoking the finest Cuban cigars, exuded a certain class and charm despite their wrongdoings.

WATCH: Former Convicted Hacker on How to Protect Your Data

Mitnick In The News

‘Shark Tank’ Stars: Investors are Waiting to Spill Millions Into Health Care

Reality show personalities say that opportunity is vast for the field to improve and spell return for venture capital during a keynote at HIMSS17