Is Kevin McCallister the Greatest Hacker in Movie History?
There may not be any computers in Home Alone, but few movie characters embody the old-school hacker ethos like Kevin McCallister does.
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There may not be any computers in Home Alone, but few movie characters embody the old-school hacker ethos like Kevin McCallister does.
Threat actors are exploiting an unpatched zero-day vulnerability in Cisco AsyncOS software.
December 17, 2025 | 2 min read
Amazon researchers highlighted a "tactical pivot" by Russian GRU hackers who have been moving away from zero-day and N-day exploitation.
It was 30 years ago this week that Michael Mann's masterpiece Heat hit theaters like a semi T-boning an armored car. In addition to being a masterful heist movie and insightful depiction of the toll that obsession can exact, Heat is also a criminally underrated hacker movie.
The vulnerability was disclosed publicly on Dec. 3 and researchers and threat intelligence teams immediately began seeing opportunistic and targeted exploitation attempts.
A year after Salt Typhoon's telecom hack, private and public sector officials discussed next steps.