Privacy

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.

Twitter Inc (NYSE:TWTR) said it had suspended over 125,000 accounts since mid-2015 for "threatening or promoting terrorist acts, primarily related to ISIS."

Malware attacks on Android surged 35% in the second quarter as hackers tweaked tactics to maximize profits. 

Just two days after Apple launched the technology that it promises will better protect devices, hackers claimed to have its latest iPhone.

Cyber criminals in Russia have built a lucrative business that employees thousands of people, and waiting for smartphone users to click on fishy links.

Director and actor James Franco on the possibility that North Korea hacked into Sony in retaliation for the film “The Interview,” a satire about the assassination of Kim Jong-Un.

With over 4 million iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus preorders placed in the first 24 hours, many shoppers may be tempted to try mobile payments using Apple Pay. Here’s a look at the security behind Apple’s new payment system.

Facebook manipulated users' newsfeeds as part of a social experiment on the emotional power of status updates. 

Research firm Errata Security reports that 300,000 servers remain vulnerable to the Heartbleed bug roughly two months after the bug was first identified.

The startling landmark ruling by Europe’s highest court takes us down the slippery slope from a free society to a censored one. There is no turning back.  

A federal appeals court on Friday said Oracle Corp must face a second trial with SAP in a case where the European software company admitted massive copyright infringement, unless Oracle is willing to accept $356.7 million of damages.

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.