Hacking

Why Is Cybersecurity Important? 2026 Statistics and Real-World Risks

Why Is Cybersecurity Important? 2026 Statistics and Real-World Risks

Why is cybersecurity important? Current 2026 statistics from the FBI, IBM and Verizon, recent real-world attacks, and the steps that prevent the most damage.

27 Top Cybersecurity Tools for 2026

27 Top Cybersecurity Tools for 2026

A current roundup of the cybersecurity tools security teams rely on most, from core defenses to monitoring, testing, and response.

Avoiding Quid Pro Quo Social Engineering Attacks

Avoiding Quid Pro Quo Social Engineering Attacks

Hackers use quid pro quo social engineering to attack businesses and regular people, often through email or SMS. In its…

Living Off the Land (LotL) Attacks: What Are They?

Living Off the Land (LotL) Attacks: What Are They?

Living off the land (LotL) attacks are a type of cyberthreat where hackers use standard tools already on a target’s…

Russian Hackers Exploit ChatGPT

Russian Hackers Exploit ChatGPT

A highly-skilled group of Russian hackers has successfully managed to bypass the advanced language model, ChatGPT, created by OpenAI. This model, which is...

Why Regular People become Hackers

Why Regular People become Hackers

Have you ever stopped to consider how regular people turn into hackers? It might seem like a far-fetched idea, but in reality, many hackers start as ordinary...

How DoS Attacks are Conducted

How DoS Attacks are Conducted

A denial of service (DoS) attack is a cyber attack that involves flooding a computer system or network with traffic in an attempt to disrupt or disable...

How Hackers Think

How Hackers Think

Hackers use skills to gain unauthorized access to computer systems, networks, or personal devices. While the term "hacker" has often been used to describe...

The Techniques and Tools of Hackers

The Techniques and Tools of Hackers

Hackers are individuals or groups who use their technical skills to gain unauthorized access to systems, networks, or devices. They use various techniques...

Everything You Need to Know about APT1

Everything You Need to Know about APT1

APT1, also known as the Comment Crew or the Shanghai Group, is a Chinese state-sponsored hacking group that has been active since 2006. The group is likely...

What are the Worst State-Sponsored Hacking Groups?

What are the Worst State-Sponsored Hacking Groups?

State-sponsored hacking groups are teams of hackers who are sponsored, directly or indirectly, by a government or other organization with the resources and...

Visual Hacking Explained: What It Is and How to Stop It

Visual Hacking Explained: What It Is and How to Stop It

Despite the name, visual hacking technically isn’t hacking at all. Instead of using technical know-how to get past digital defenses, these “hackers” simply...

The Quick and Dirty History of Cybersecurity: From Early Hacks to 2026

The Quick and Dirty History of Cybersecurity: From Early Hacks to 2026

From Creeper and the Morris worm to SolarWinds, Colonial Pipeline, Log4Shell, MOVEit, Zero Trust, and NIST CSF 2.0—a readable timeline of cybersecurity through 2026.