Microchip has upped the security of a family of PIC18 microcontrollers by adding a one-time disable to its programming and debugging interface. Called PDID (programming and debugging interface disable ...

Facebook is launching a loyalty program for white hat hackers alongside a description language designed to standardize the process of reporting bugs. The Facebook Bug Description Language (FBDL) is ...

BLACK HAT USA 2011 -- Las Vegas -- Peiter "Mudge" Zatko, famed member of the legendary L0pht hacker group, announced the launch here today of a new program at the Defense Advanced Research Projects ...

Hacking, programming, engineering, and applying computer science are all different skills, but they get mixed up often. Here are some distinctions. It’s easy to confuse a computer programmer with a ...

The United States Department of Defense (DOD) has expanded its ethical hacking program to include more targets. DoD officials announced yesterday that the Department's Vulnerability Disclosure Program ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Beijing has a cyberespionage program so vast that it is bigger than all of its major competitors combined, Federal Bureau of Investigation Director Chris Wray told a conference ...

hacker prodding a public-facing Army recruitment website in early December stumbled upon a vulnerability, then another, until he found himself suddenly connected to an internal Department of Defense ...

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Learning how to become a hacker is a lot like learning to play an instrument, says software developer and open source advocate Eric Steven Raymond. ESR, as he's often referred to, lists seven steps to ...