If you click on the wrong link on Facebook, a virus may find its way into your bank account and drain it of all your money. The New York Times' Bits B...

At the VigiTrust "How to Prevent Data Loss and Breaches in the Healthcare Industry" forum, held at the Irish Consulate in New York City, the conferenc...

Hackers may use public appeal to lure victims, but consumers may easily outsmart phishers by employing these and other basic security procedures.

In Las Vegas this weekend, a different kind of Olympics is unfolding, with athletes testing their skills, determination and courage in digital contests at DEFCON, one of the oldest and most important hacker conventions in the world.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Remember all those phony emails that purport to be from your bank, asking you to click on a link and turn over your account inform...

NEW YORK (AP) — Google, Facebook and other big tech companies are jointly designing a system for combating email scams known as phishing. ...

By Ben Rooney, the Wall Street Journal If you want to know just how sophisticated and targeted cyber attacks can be, consider one so-called spear p...

Months after Google said that Chinese hackers were targeting the Gmail accounts of senior U.S. government officials, attempts to hijack Gmail inboxes ...

Phishing is a way of attempting to acquire sensitive information such as usernames, passwords and credit card details by masquerading as a trustworthy entity in an electronic communication.

In 1997, as tends to happen on the internet, someone did something bad: they set up an account posing as an AOL billing representative, and emailed thousands of people with a simple request.

Gmail's not the only email service to suffer from targeted hack attempts: Yahoo and Hotmail have reportedly been hit by similar attacks as well, Compu...

By Ross Kerber and Diane Bartz (BOSTON/WASHINGTON) Tens of millions of customers and employees of major banks, hotels and retailers are now at ri...

As the year comes to a close, I see many compiling lists of tips and ideas on how you and yours can stay safe online. Earlier this month Cisco held a ...

Malicious Web developers can take advantage of the iPhone's ability to push the Safari's address bar out of view, says independent security researcher...

So-called "carding" websites are providing criminals with online forums to buy and sell stolen identification and financial information. Don't get trapped in the net.

A new scam offering free Justin Bieber concert tickets is spreading virally through the status updates of Facebook users....