Some nifty tricks are pulled off by the security engineer — but the dark side of all this is worrying to say the least.

Before the era of digital electronic computers, mechanical analog computers were found everywhere. From the relative simplicity of bomb sights to the complexity of fire control computers on 1940s ...

Reverse-engineering lithography machines—the equipment on which advanced computer chips are manufactured—is not as straightforward as copying most industrial designs. In the race between innovators ...

It’s best to admit upfront that vacuum tubes can be baffling to some of the younger generation of engineers. Yes, we get how electron flow from cathode to anode can be controlled with a grid, and how ...

Reverse-engineering malware enables threat hunters to understand what software does and how it affects a system. It can also analyze the presence of malware on a system to help prevent the software ...