Cyber Security

Apple chief Tim Cook on Wednesday said that complying with a court order to help the FBI break into an iPhone belonging to one of the San Bernardino shooters would be "bad for America," and set a legal precedent that would offend many Americans.

BlackBerry has acquired U.K.-based cyber security consultancy Encription, moving the company deeper into the services business.

Apple, fighting a demand by the U.S. government that it unlock an iPhone used by one of the San Bernardino shooters, has called for the creation of a government commission or panel of experts to discuss the implications of the demand.

Apple will likely seek to invoke the United States' protections of free speech as one of its key legal arguments in trying to block an order to help unlock the encrypted iPhone of one of the San Bernardino shooters, lawyers with expertise in the subject said this week.

Home Depot (NYSE:HD), Target (NYSE:TGT), Staples (NASDAQ:SPLS), Sony (NYSE:SNE) and Anthem (NYSE:ANTM) are just a few names of major corporations that have been hacked in recent years.

As the Internet of Things takes root in the American home, you can expect more and more devices to make you vulnerable -- and they're hiding in plain sight.

Oscar winner Kevin Spacey has been busy these days, but not just being an actor. Besides leading Hollywood’s Relativity Studios movie production unit, he’s the new spokesperson for Internet security company WISeKey. He joined the FOX Business Network’s Maria Bartiromo at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland to discuss his new venture in cybersecurity.