In Michael Mann’s first film since 2009’s Public Enemies, Chris Hemsworth (Thor) stars as a black hat hacker named Hathaway in this week’s new release, Blackhat. Should you spend the money that you ...

The hacker flick Blackhat definitely uses the language of cybersecurity, real terms like: malware, proxy server, zero day, payload, RAT, edge router, IP address, PLC, Bluetooth, Android, PGP, ...

I’m no technical genius, but I even I know better than to click on a mysterious link or attachment contained in an e-mail telling me that I need to reset my password. Even one that appears to come ...

What is it about hackers that invariably stumps Hollywood? Even when filmmakers get the details right, as Michael Mann does with Blackhat, his moody exploration of cyberterrorism, they often stumble ...

Screenwriter, producer and director Michael Mann is a master of the crime story. From his work on Miami Vice in the '80s to films like Heat, The Insider and Public Enemies, it seems he's drawn to ...

Movies about computers or computer hackers have never been particularly exciting, at least on the big screen. Maybe that's because the act of typing something on a keyboard while little words or ...

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Harry Gregson-Williams wrote on Facebook that he didn't appreciate Mann's treatment of his compositions. By Ryan Gajewski Senior Entertainment Reporter One of the credited composers of the Blackhat ...