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Security weaknesses on many popular fitness trackers may allow hackers to access or potentially manipulate user data, a study showed Monday.

A Chinese national was sentenced on Wednesday in Los Angeles to three years and 10 months in prison for hacking American defense contractors to...

The European Union on Tuesday launched a controversial deal with the United States aimed at curbing government spying on the personal internet information of...

EU member states on Friday approved a highly-criticized deal with the US intended to curb government spying on the personal internet data of EU...

Facebook announced Friday it would roll out optional "end to end encryption" for its Messenger application, following a trend aimed at stronger security and...

Which Republican is most likely to impede Hillary Clinton's race to the White House? Most would say Donald Trump, but FBI director James Comey...

Microsoft on Thursday announced a shake-up in its top ranks, including the departure of longtime chief operating officer Kevin Turner for a new job.

The FBI interviewed Hillary Clinton on Saturday about her use of personal email while serving as secretary of state, an issue that has dogged...

A US man was charged on Friday in relation to one of the biggest celebrity hacks in which a phishing scheme led to nude...

Germany on Tuesday approved new measures to rein in the activities of its foreign intelligence agency after a scandal over improper collusion with the...

The US military is wary of cutting Internet connections to Islamic State strongholds such as Raqa in Syria, even though the Pentagon is waging...

The FBI's facial recognition database has more than 400 million pictures to help its criminal investigations, but lacks adequate safeguards for accuracy and privacy...

Washington - US authorities charged a former Chinese employee of tech giant IBM with economic espionage Tuesday for allegedly stealing proprietary source code to...

Hackers aligned with Russia's government breached US Democratic National Committee computers and stole data including a trove of opposition research on Republican presidential hopeful...

North Korean hackers managed to steal thousands of records from private firms and state agencies in the South including defense industry information and files...

Singapore's prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong has defended the country's controversial decision to cut off civil servants' work computers from the Internet, calling the...

Singapore confirmed Wednesday it would cut off Internet access for government work stations within a year for security reasons, a surprise move in one...