cyber security

Developers for nearly every major platform have been racing to roll out fixes for the flaws that let hackers access vulnerable data, including saved passwords.

Edward Snowden warned we should be careful using Apple's new facial scanning technology.

The hackers have obtained seven times more data than in the 2014 Sony security breach.

The president had earlier said that he and Russian President Vladimir Putin discussed the idea on Friday.

Russian authorities are asking Western tech companies to allow them to review source code for security products before they're sold in the country.

From the very beginning, all the way back to the first ATM placed in use in London in 1967, the user’s identity was the main problem banks needed to solve.

The secretary of state's three-point plan calls for working with Russia on several issues including, surprisingly, cybersecurity.

NATO has planned to spend over $3.2 billion on a large boost to the 28-member military alliance's electronic and satellite communication defense systems.

Amazon's acquisition of startup Harvest.ai is a natural fit for the company.

Employees began experiencing problems logging into networks at 5 a.m. ET on Tuesday due to a problem related to the personal identify verification (PIV) cards used by federal workers and contractors.

Leaked speeches and emails show the Democratic presidential nominee wrestling with issues of privacy, cyber surveillance and security.

The reason for the massive Dyn attack could have been anything from a demonstration of power, vandalism, ego, rivalry or a smokescreen.

Over the same period attacks on the U.S. from state-linked hack groups in China have dropped.

Americans paid about $325 million in cyber ransom in 2015, and that figure will rise dramatically this year.

President Obama has asked Congress to spend $19 billion on cyber security in the fiscal 2017 budge proposal.

The only way to stop the theft of data is to make paying ransoms to ransomware hackers a crime.

Security experts warn Internet Explorer users are vulnerable to viruses as Microsoft issues "End of Life" notice for old versions of the browser.

Ghost Caliphate Hackers supportive of ISIS have teamed up with the Pro-Palestine hacking group AnonGhost.

The anti-ISIS New World Hackers group performed a cyber attack live on-air.

The attack may have compromised potentially sensitive national security information at Australia's Bureau of Meteorology

A congressional advisory body says retaliating would make hacks more costly to perpetrators.

British Chancellor George Osborne has said security services will develop cyber attack powers to prevent terror plots and combat recruitment.

The good news is that many of these are free.

Follow these steps to shore up your digital security.

The controversial Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act passed in the Senate Tuesday afternoon.

There many ways that your ID can be misused by a skilled ID thief.

Included in the data dump: usernames and email addresses, among other information.

Repeated security breaches of government-held information must be addressed—and fast.

Nine people were indicted on charges of an insider trading scheme.

An interactive map by Norse, a threat intelligence firm, visualizes the global cyberwar in real time.