You can be standing next to the wrong person on a bus and get the flu, and when your data is sitting on the wrong database and the wrong person gains access, you become a victim of identity theft.

Ask the "how" and the "why" questions. Be indignant. Most importantly, ask what you can do to preserve our privacy rights in the future.

An identity thief can make life very difficult for you. As the hacks of the New York Times and Twitter prove, it's only a matter of time. And how can anyone in their right mind "Like" that?

A crafty developer reportedly figured how to get paid to sit and watch cat videos for a good chunk of the day. It's a story almost too good to be t...

It's the Rich Kids of Instagram, Norwegian Royals edition. The 15-year-old son of Norway's Crown Princess Mette-Marit has been sharing personal ph...

Three out of five U.S. adults online fear being hacked, but 69% of these same people engage in super-risky behaviors like using the same password everywhere. Why?

So what's it worth to you to prevent world-wide economic collapse, or even a major interruption of essential services, like power or water? These are not hypothetical questions.

The online ticketing company Eventbrite warned customers Thursday to monitor their email accounts for suspicious messages after two company iPads stor...

It is used by millions of people on the Internet every day. Now, it is also used with increasing frequency by hackers seeking sensitive data like Soci...

Hackers have targeted Apple in its latest security attack. The group, AntiSec, posted a message to Twitter on Sunday claiming to have gained access...

A group of computer hackers on Sunday posted a document it claimed contains usernames and passwords for an Apple Inc. server, the latest in a string o...

SAN FRANCISCO -- Week after week, thieves break into corporate computer systems to steal customer lists, email addresses and credit card numbers. Larg...