People who break into a computer system and inform the company that they have done so. They are either concerned employees or security professionals who are paid to find vulnerabilities.

Hutchins, who is a “hacker” by definition—someone who knows all ... Hackers are often described as either “white hat,” black hat,” or “gray hat” hackers. But what is a white ...

White hat hackers will have the same type of skillset as black hat hackers but use them for legal purposes. Some companies, organisations, or governments will hire these hackers to find holes in ...

As black-hat hackers ran away with millions, so-called “white hats” – good Samaritans – looted the funds so that they could return them to Nomad. Altogether, the grassroots rescue effort ...

A white hat hacker managed to claw back $1.47M in USDC from a recent smart contract exploit that hit the Moby Trade options protocol on Arbitrum. While the ethical hackers did not mention the ...

While the U.S. was issuing this notice, the Russian government was advancing its own cyber measure: a final-stage bill to legalize white hat hacking. White hat hacking, sometimes described as ethical ...

Paradigm’s Famed ‘White-Hat’ Hacker Unites Peers Against Crypto Attacks Nonprofit raised over $1 million from well-known venture funds New framework sets to protect hackers from legal woes ...

Last week, I spent most of my time installing Linux and a few white hat applications from hacker Web sites: Firewalk, Nmap, Sniffit, Swatch and Tripwire. This week, I’ve had a bit of a chance to ...