White hat hackers are ethical hackers who help organizations secure their systems. A bachelor’s degree in cybersecurity is ...

Also called "ethical hackers," white hat hackers are the "good guys." Contrast with black hat hacker and blue hat hacker. THIS DEFINITION IS FOR PERSONAL USE ONLY. All other reproduction requires ...

Another major vulnerability that existed in over a dozen carmakers has the industry wondering if too much has been left to ...

In a recent demonstration, German white hat hackers showed how to intercept text messages sent via the U.S. satellite communication system Iridium and locate users with an accuracy of about 4 ...

Well-known white hat hacker and head of security at Paradigm Samczsun recently took the wraps off a new security organization called the Security Alliance (SEAL) that offers a 911 hotline for ...

A group of white hat hackers from Minnesota called RedTeam Security helps companies prevent cyberattacks by exposing their vulnerabilities. One of the ways they do this is by breaking into a ...

An curved arrow pointing right. A power company in the Midwest hired a group of white hat hackers known as RedTeam Security to test its defenses. We followed them around for 3 days, as they ...

TechCrunch has a deeper dive on encryption backdoors. Hackers historically have been categorized as either “black hat” or “white hat,” usually depending on the motivations of the hacking ...