A "Hack the Future" mentor shows a young boy how to use block programming at the hacking event for kids grades 5-12 at the Tech Museum in San Jose Calif., on August 20, 2011.Audrey Whitmeyer ...

Owning a computer once went hand in hand with understanding exactly how it worked. That may have changed but Tom Chatfield says it's time to reclaim the past.

The "incremental-hacking cycle" suggested here will likely be familiar to anyone who's taken a hands-on approach to learning to code: Pick an open source program you're interested in, find a small ...

In what appears to be the first successful hack of a software program using DNA, researchers say malware they incorporated into a genetic molecule allowed them to take control of a computer used ...

One of the serious threats to a user's computer is a software program that might cause unwanted keystroke sequences in order to hack someone's identity. This form of attack is increasing ...

'Mayhem' Computer Program Wins DARPA Hacking Challenge DARPA's Cyber Grand Challenge tasked teams with writing a program that can fix bugs in mere seconds.

Facebook has released a programming language called Hack, which marries the ease of PHP with the rigorous safety controls of older languages such as C++. PHP programmers should easily understand ...