This talk will introduce “Wearing Many Hats,” a new Data & Society report authored by Matt Goerzen and Gabriella Coleman. Dr. Coleman describes their talk as follows: Our report examines the ...

For a long time, most computer network crackers hacked a system for the same reason George Mallory climbed Mt. Everest: "Because it's there." But that's no longer the only reason or even the dominant ...

Learn the distinctions between white-, black- and gray-hatted hackers. The term ‘hack’ originally meant to make something work better or to make it do something that it wasn’t meant to do. Later, ...

Everything from cars to thermostats is being connected to the Internet, raising security concerns. Samy Kamkar, who once hacked MySpace, hopes... This 'Gray Hat' Hacker Breaks Into Your Car — To Prove ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. — Whether cracking digital security for good or ill, hackers tend to be people who are manipulative, deceitful, exploitative, cynical and insensitive, according to research from the ...

Hunched over laptops, a group of masked hackers stands in an open parking lot trying to probe a newly released SUV’s intelligent onboard system for weaknesses. When they find one, they’ll exploit it ...

It seems that hardly a day passes without hearing of another breach, but what is unique about the high profile ESA breach was that it was allegedly an anniversary hack. Anniversary celebrations come ...