The Obama administration on Thursday will unveil a consumer privacy "bill of rights" that aims to give web users more control over how their personal information is collected and used online.

The "bill of rights" will include seven principles to protect consumers' digital privacy, such as the right to opt...

Dozens of mobile apps for kids, from alphabet and word games to flash cards and puzzles, do not disclose how they use children's personal data and may be violating privacy law, according to a new government survey.

In a review of children's apps in Apple's App store...

The long-term penetration of Nortel Networks' computer system by hackers raises the possibility that owners of the company's telecom equipment could face cybersecurity concerns of their own, some experts say.

Hackers, possibly from China, spied on Nortel Networks for nearly a decade, according to report Tuesday in the...

Federal authorities have seized more than 300 websites, including several popular sports streaming sites, as part of a nationwide crackdown on Internet counterfeiting and piracy.

Sixteen of the sites, including Firstrowsports.tv, Firstrowsports.com and Soccertvlive.net, were taken down for illegally streaming live sporting telecasts over the Internet, according to authorities. Another...

After introducing dozens of cybersecurity bills and holding months of hearings on threats from hackers, Congress is moving toward a vote on legislation to secure the nation's computer networks.

Thus far, more than 30 cybersecurity bills have been unveiled on Capitol Hill, emerging from a wide range of committees, including...

African Americans in Mississippi often have fewer options for high-speed Internet and spend a higher proportion of their incomes on the Internet than whites in the state, according to a new report underscoring how the digital divide splits along racial lines.

Mississippi ranks among...

In the United States, a massive Internet protest last week led by Wikipedia and Google drove congressional leaders to place controversial anti-piracy legislation on hold.

But in other parts of the world, another proposal to increase copyright enforcement is gaining momentum, despite protests from opponents concerned about Internet censorship.

On...

The hacker collective Anonymous struck again Thursday, launching its largest attack to date that temporarily brought down the websites of the Department of Justice and organizations that represent the movie and music industries.

But not everyone who helped with the attack was a willing participant....

The hacktivist group Anonymous launched its "largest attack ever" Thursday, claiming credit for a coordinated takedown of websites managed by the Department of Justice and organizations supporting controversial antipiracy legislation.

The attack, dubbed “Operation Payback,” came in response to Thursday's news that the Justice Department had shut down...

As controversial anti-piracy legislation lost key supporters amid online protests Wednesday, some experts said the best course of action for major media companies may be to befriend the very firms they're fighting.

The issue of how to eliminate piracy on the web has had Silicon Valley and Hollywood...

Authorities on Wednesday said they had charged a Chinese computer programmer with stealing proprietary software code from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.

Bo Zhang, 32, of Queens, was arrested Wednesday by agents with the FBI and the Department of the Treasury Office of Inspector General,...

The online retailer Zappos has notified customers that some of their account information may have been accessed by hackers who breached the company's computer system.

In a letter posted to its website, Zappos chief executive Tony Hsieh said the company was "recently the victim of a cyber attack...

Despite the increased frequency and severity of online crime and espionage in 2011, many American corporations and consumers are still not taking the threat seriously, the FBI's top cyber official said Thursday.

The risk posed by criminal hackers is "existential, meaning it could eliminate whole companies," said Shawn Henry, the...

The head of the Federal Communications Commission on Monday announced a new plan to expand broadband Internet access by modernizing a program that provides discounted telephone service to low-income Americans.

In remarks made in Washington, F.C.C. Chairman Julius Genachowski said he planned to overhaul the agency's Lifeline program, which has...

The Japanese Defense Ministry is developing a computer virus aimed at seeking and destroying cyber attacks launched against the country, according to local media reports.

The malware-fighting cyberweapon, which is being created by defense contractor Fujitsu for an estimated $2.3 million, has the ability to identify the source...

As hackers from China snooped around the computer system of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce last year, many Chamber employees started receiving a dramatic uptick of spam emails.

The messages, which tried to entice recipients to click on malicious links, appeared to be coming from known Chamber employees. But their...

"Burdened Beginnings" is a series examining the problem of child identity theft. Other stories in the series can be found here.

When Jennifer Andrushko applied for public aid two years ago, a state employee entered her son Carter's Social Security number into a computer and discovered...

More than two weeks ago, security researcher Trevor Eckhart posted a video about Carrier IQ, an obscure software installed on approximately 150 million smartphones. The 17-minute video sparked a firestorm not only because it alleged the software logged numerous details about users' activities, but also because it did...

"Burdened Beginnings" is a series examining the problem of child identity theft. Other stories in the series can be found here.

In El Paso, Texas, a hacker broke into the computer network of a local school district, finding a database of about 63,000 students'...

FBI Director Robert Mueller on Wednesday denied the bureau had ever sought information from the mobile-software company Carrier IQ, but said he could not rule out the possibility it obtained data collected by the controversial software through requests from wireless carriers.

At a hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee, Mueller...