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 Hack_Right program aiming to help young hackers avoid cybercrime and use their skills for good has received a pledge of support from about 20 companies.

DHS' new program leans on private sector bug hunts and previous government efforts to find and close vulnerabilities while researching new ways to prevent hacks.

Ethical hacking initiatives can allow researchers to find and report vulnerabilities before they can be exploited.

The program itself, launched in 2016, invites security researchers and “ethical hackers” to test the Pentagon’s cybersecurity, with the chance to earn monetary rewards, called “bug ...

Scientists at MIT have proven they can ‘hack’ living cells and programme them to carry out new tasks. In the same way that computer language tells a machine how to operate, researchers have ...