Hacking is more prevalent today than it ever has been, but there is still a lot of bad information out there. Here are the ...

Using recording devices to both access and capture imperceptible data is called display-to-camera communication. It's a class of hacking that doesn't really require a computer to be connected to ...

Hackers can exfiltrate sensitive data from a PC by changing the brightness of the screen. ... This hack allegedly works on air-gapped computers. The hack is said to play an important role in ...

Hacking the Black Ops 6 computer is a basic code breaking challenge using the ciphers you're given on screen. While the words are always the same, the orders change, so you can't always look up an ...

Like computer hacking, lockpicking is often grossly misrepresented on screen. The real thing isn’t a complicated process, but it requires a huge amount of skill and dexterity to master.

A trio of computer security researchers at Universidad de la República Montevideo, in Uruguay, reports that it is possible to reproduce text on a computer screen by eavesdropping on its HDMI cable.

While we're talking about those fast-paced scenes in which a hacker breaks into a system with the speed of a sprinter, they frequently indulge in another genre trope, the perpetual pop-up screen.

That's not to say they manage to get it right when it comes to portraying tech accurately however—and one of their worst areas is computer hacking. I've been a Linux system administrator in and ...