Most of the cyber industry thinks of hackers as criminals motivated by money. That’s true in many cases and one of the reasons why hackers are so persistent and creative. But not all hackers do it for ...

When we hear of a major cybersecurity attack, we immediately think of the perpetrator as a bad actor. We assume it is an individual or, more often, a collective of cybercriminals, stealing personal ...

On top of all the other cyberthreats facing the sector, healthcare organizations should also prepare to deal with potential hacktivist attacks tied to controversy surrounding the U.S. Supreme Court's ...

In recent years, colleges and universities have faced an evolving array of cybersecurity challenges. But one threat is showing signs of becoming both more frequent and more politically charged: ...

We’re taking a deeper look at the idea of hacktivism, and how activists use technology to push forward a social or political agenda. To try and understand the laws around hacking and the future of ...

Hacktivism surged back into mainstream consciousness with Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. Less than two years later, politically-motivated groups and individuals were out in force again ...

According to the first half of the 2022 H1 Global Threat Analysis Report released by Radware this past week, cyber attacks have grown and evolved as a result of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Here ...

The latest edition of the ISMG Security Report features an analysis of whether the cyberattacks that hit Ukraine's government agencies last week are attributable to any group or nation-state along ...

Threat intelligence analysts have long said that hacktivism was dead but new data published by IBM X-Force today confirms the complete collapse of hacktivism scene, with activity levels going down by ...

Why it matters: Activist hacking, or hacktivism if you will, has been one of the most bitter epidemics to infest the internet. While heroic when used against ISIS, hacktivism has shifted from ...

More than half of data stolen from companies in 2011 was a result of hacktivist actions, even though the majority of data breaches were still caused by financially motivated cybercriminals, Verizon ...