Cyber Security

Fiat Chrysler Automobiles recalled about 1.4 million vehicles in the U.S. to perform a software upgrade that was developed to thwart hackers.

IBM security researchers said they discovered a way to exploit an Android flaw that puts more than 55% of Android phones at risk of being taken over and remotely controlled by cyber hackers. The IBM discovery comes after FireEye warned hackers have launched a new way to break into Apple and Google mobile devices.  

Experts say cyberattacks will continue to increase this year and beyond – as businesses struggle to protect themselves from data breaches and criminals become increasingly successful in targeting and stealing our sensitive information.

FOX Business has obtained a federal audit of Premera Blue Cross’s cybersecurity in which the federal government warned Premera that it was at risk of a cyber attack on April 17, 2014, weeks before the health insurer was hacked. Premera’s cyber attack occurred on May 5, 2014 but was discovered in late January of this year.

Nasdaq has confirmed to FOXBusiness.com that it was behind the Twitter earnings leak, before the closing bell. Nasdaq-owned Shareholder.com was to blame.

The head of the NSA issued a blunt warning Thursday to lawmakers: China can shut down the United States.

Microsoft Corp's Xbox Live was back up on Friday while Sony Corp's PlayStation Network remained offline for a second day after a hacker group claimed responsibility for attacking the two Internet gaming services.

Where consumers see an advantage in cars that connect to the Internet for entertainment or use computers to parallel park, hackers see an opportunity.

Sony says its PlayStation Network service for video games was unusable from Sunday until Monday afternoon after being flooded by an online attack.

In what is becoming a disturbing trend, grocery chain Supervalu says it was hit with a data breach that compromised information at up to 200 stores.

China's powerful state broadcaster said the location-tracking feature offered by Apple's iPhone is a 'national security concern.'

Sony Pictures Entertainment has hired FireEye Inc's Mandiant forensics unit to clean up a massive cyber attack that knocked out the studio's computer network nearly a week ago, three people with knowledge of the matter said on Sunday.

Home Depot took steps to reassure customers a day after disclosing a possible security breach of credit and debit cards.

With biometric security like EyeVerify's Eyeprint scanner, you may never need to remember another password again.

Emails that appear to come from health insurance companies or banks are the most likely to be fraudulent, a study says.

You know your smartphone is vulnerable to hacking, but you may not have considered things like your car, your uncle's pacemaker or your lights.

U.S. President Barack Obama on Friday said he and Chinese President Xi Jinping reached a "common understanding" on addressing cyber spying issues and agreed that neither would conduct or knowingly support hacking.

Hackers who stole security clearance data on millions of Defense Department and other U.S. government employees got away with about 5.6 million fingerprint records, some 4.5 million more than initially reported, the government said on Wednesday.

Russian hackers had infiltrated Dow Jones & Co to steal information to trade on before it was made public, and the breach was "far more serious than a lower-grade intrusion" disclosed by the company, Bloomberg reported, citing sources.