The parlous state of software and IT infrastructure security is also a career opportunity, with malware analysts, security researchers, penetration testers and red teams all in demand. Defenders need ...

Most people see hackers as evil, but companies also use hackers to find and fix weaknesses in their systems. These ethical hackers—also known as "white hat hackers"—use the same techniques as regular ...

In case you hadn’t noticed, cybersecurity threats are pretty common nowadays. In part, this is because there is a huge shortfall of talent in the industry right now. Ethical hacking is an area of ...

When news reports talk about “hackers”, they are usually referring to people who cause mayhem. But in reality, hacking skills are more frequently used for positive purposes — like cybersecurity ...

When I read that Ian Hacking, a Canadian philosopher, had won a big prize - the Holberg, worth close to a million dollars - I certainly knew the name, though I couldn't remember having read anything ...