A hacking campaign took just days to exploit a newly disclosed security vulnerability in Microsoft Windows version of WinRAR, ...

The former boss of the L3Harris-owned hacking and surveillance tools maker Trenchant faces nine years in prison for selling several exploits to a Russian broker, which counts the Russian government ...

In a troubling revelation for users of the popular text editor Notepad++, it has been confirmed that nation-state hackers exploited a hosting provider's infrastructure to hijack software updates. This ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Davey Winder is a veteran cybersecurity writer, hacker and analyst. Twice every year, some of the best hackers on the planet get ...

Valuable tools for experienced attackers and researchers, LLMs are not yet capable of creating exploits at a prompt, researchers found in a test of 50 AI models — some of which are getting better ...

ZkLend lost nearly $10 million in an exploit. The protocol offered the hacker a 10% bounty if the remaining funds were returned before Feb. 14. Update (Feb. 12, 11:23 am UTC): This article has been ...

Loopscale fell victim to a $5.7 million exploit after attackers manipulated its RateX PT token pricing, draining funds from its USDC and SOL vaults. DeFi protocol Loopscale has recovered nearly half ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Davey Winder is a veteran cybersecurity writer, hacker and analyst. Vibe coding isn’t what a lot of people seem to think it is.

State-sponsored hackers' are being blamed for compromising the popular alternative to Windows Notepad over a period of six months last year.

Lending protocols are some of the most active DeFi apps. Due to the heavy usage of smart contracts, they are also the most at ...

Hackers tied to the Infini exploit moved $32.7M via Tornado Cash, as crypto theft topped $3.4B in 2025, reports show.