Half a million websites have been infected with a new round of malware attack and poorly implemented website configurations have been blamed.

Counterfeit networking equipment could jeopardize the security of U.S. military and other government systems.

Foreign hackers have compromised cash register terminals at 11 Dave & Buster's restaurants around the United States. The scheme resulted in losses of some $600,000.

A new type of spam focuses on consumers' frustrations with high gas prices, according to McAfee Avert Labs.

A hacker has exposed the personal information of about six million Chilean people.

A vendor of anti-spyware and anti-virus software has released a report saying that Windows Vista, the latest version of Microsoft's latest operating system, is more susceptible to malware than the company's Windows 2000.

The going price for stolen information is like any other commodity: the higher the quality, the higher the price.

The major data breaches that have received mass media coverage are driving so-called C-level executives to become actively involved in their organization's security policies, according to a new report from (ISC)2.

Microsoft announced late Thursday that it plans to push out four patches, three to address critical vulnerabilities, in next week's monthly security update.

In what is considered a victory for online library users, the FBI withdrew a national security letter (NSL) that had been issued to the Internet Archive, a nonprofit internet library.