How many times have your medical records been illegally accessed?

It's a scary thought, but one that many of us will have to get used to unless big changes are made in the healthcare industry. While we tend to worry about web companies like Google, Facebook, and, more recently,...

With the holiday season almost at an end, consumers all across the country will soon be reselling, donating or recycling their old smartphones, desktops, laptops and other electronics. But few people realize that gadgets often retain a significant amount of personal information -- even after you think you've deleted it.

Cyber Monday is just a few days away, but for those who plan on doing their holiday shopping online, there are several new threats you need to be aware of.

Identity theft and financial fraud usually increase between Black Friday and Christmas Eve -- as cyber thieves know there are...

Whenever a celebrity scandal breaks, like Kristen Stewart's cheating on boyfriend Robert Pattinson, entertainment journalists aren't the only ones scrambling to get the story online -- so are hackers.

For the past 10 years, it's been a common tactic among hackers and online scammers to use celebrity news and other...

Next week is Black Hat -- perhaps the world's most significant and influential annual hacking conference. It's an event that draws in the best and brightest (and sometimes, the borderline legal) hackers from around the world to show off the latest threats to our phones, laptops, PCs, Macs,...

Celebrities are a perfect target for hackers -- they're highly visible, spend lots of time on their smartphones and they know next to nothing about security. It's no wonder they're often victimized by hackers -- from lone hackerazzis like the alleged Christopher Chaney to hacker groups like the...