Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Serial technology CEO covering all things IT & Tech. Hacking has long been a game of cat and mouse — attackers innovate, defenders ...

Some readers ask me how a hacking tool like Cain & Able can be legal? I always reply, most malicious hackers don’t use Cain & Able. They already have their hacking tools. Cain & Able just makes it ...

Next month, Moore will raise the already-high stakes when Metasploit releases a new piece of code--called eVade-o-Matic--that makes it harder for intrusion-detection systems and antivirus software to ...

The wildly popular Metasploit hacking tool for the first time is now officially open source, open-license technology that can be incorporated into commercial tools. The free research and penetration ...

Version 3.0 of BackTrack has been released. BackTrack is a Linux-based distribution dedicated to penetration testing or hacking (depending on how you look at it). It contains more than 300 of the ...

Law enforcement groups usually have a special hacking tool to access a device like an iPhone. With Graykey, they can bypass any security hindrance of a smartphone and this can reportedly access iPhone ...

WASHINGTON—President Biden restricted the use of commercial hacking tools throughout the federal government as officials said they believed high-powered spyware had compromised devices belonging to at ...

With cyberattacks on the rise, organizations are in constant need of skilled professionals who can identify and fix security vulnerabilities. Whether it's testing the security of mobile apps or ...

The Cult of the Dead Cow hacker group has released an open-source tool designed to enable IT workers to quickly scan their Web sites for security vulnerabilities and at-risk sensitive data, using a ...