Hacking

A group of German researchers has found a security problem in Apple's Internet hotspots for mobile devices. Turns out, they can be easily hacked.

As far back as the early 1900s, rural farmers and ranchers -- or you could call them hackers -- set up their own phone lines themselves.

Microsoft worked with law enforcement this week to shutdown a massive network of computers being used by criminals called a botnet. What is a botnet? And could you be part of one?

How should the U.S. government and companies protect themselves against hackers? One answer is to hack right back.

Twitter is launching a new extra layer of security, but will it stop hackers?

'Spear phishing', a form of targeted hacking, is drawing a lot of attention. How can you protect yourself?

A fake tweet from the AP caused the Dow to fall almost about one percent on Tuesday.

Can a plane's cockpit be hacked? One researcher, who used a smartphone to hack the cockpit of a virtual airplane, says yes. The FAA says its unlikely, if not impossible.

An anonymous researcher has found that all sorts of devices connected to the Internet are protected only by the easy-to-guess default passwords that the equipment came with when new.

South Korea is still recovering from an apparent cyberattack earlier this week. Government officials suspect North Korea of hacking, but is the country even capable?