But they all, apparently, wear the same clothes and hack in dark rooms while ones and zeroes scroll across the screen. Hoodies and other stereotypes -- like a hacker in a basement, or young ...

But now you don't have to: behold, the hoodie costume. Pinterest reports that, of the more than 5 million Halloween pins in 2015, the top trend in kids costumes are all about hacking the hoodie.

Hackers are faceless creepers hidden by the invincible cloak of a hoodie, almost always typing on their keyboards. Duh. Everyone knows that, because this stereotypical hacker image shows up in ...

In “A Hacker’s Mind,” Bruce Schneier goes beyond the black-hoodie clichés. By Dan Piepenbring When you purchase an independently reviewed book through our site, we earn an affiliate commission.

When we think of hackers, most of us imagine a person sitting at a computer probably wearing a hoodie while vigorously ... i.e., you need to be a seasoned hacker and have a lot of funds, DDoS ...