Do you want to discover vulnerabilities before a hacker exploits them? Are you already aware of network vulnerabilities, but need an authority to testify that your network security needs additional investments?

The United Kingdom’s National Crime Agency has published research into how and why some young people become involved in cybercrime. 

More than three-quarters (88%) of hackers can break through cybersecurity defenses and into the systems they target within 12 hours, while 81% say they can identify and take valuable data within another 12 hours, even though the breach may not be discovered for hundreds of days.

A Clark School study at the University of Maryland is one of the first to quantify the near-constant rate of hacker attacks of computers with Internet access—every 39 seconds on average.

The White House has announced members of a commission to strengthen U.S. cyber defenses.

When it comes to security breaches, consumers are clear about who they hold responsible.

In May, Uber will hold a bug bounty, in which "security researchers" can earn money for finding flaws in Uber's system.

Nearly a quarter of companies (24.6%) say they would be willing to pay hackers a ransom to prevent a cyberattack, a new survey finds.
 

The number of cyberattacks where malware holds user data “hostage” is expected to grow in 2016 as hackers target more companies and advanced software is able to compromise more types of data.