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Over 50 percent of Android-based smartphone and tablet owners do not use any security software to protect their devices against cyber-threats, according to Kaspersky Lab.

Cloud customers expect a certain level of service when they sign on to agreements. But a lot of the time, cloud services aren’t delivered as expected, and there isn’t even a way to verify that cloud services are performing as they should.

A computer fraud investigator has identified wealthy individuals as the target of a new online scam, which may use details of the mark’s family history to convince them an investment opportunity is genuine.

External data breaches (think: Anonymous) and internal data leaks (think: Edward Snowden) have enterprises questioning and rethinking their security programs.

IBM will pay a $44,000 fine to settle a case alleging it violated anti-discrimination law by placing online job listings seeking software developers with specific visas, the U.S. Department of Justice said Friday.

Each month, The ThreatMetrix Global Trust Intelligence Network (The Network) screens more than 500 million site visitors, across more than 1,900 customers and 9,000 websites and uses predictive analytics

The UK’s Police Central e-crime Unit (PCeU) has released its final “Financial Harm Reduction and Performance Report” – a breakdown of the cybercrime cases the unit has investigated

“We, as far as I’m concerned, are in an arms race. It’s the same old thing as the good old days of the Cold War,” says Dick Bussiere, principal architect for Tenable Network Security in the Asia Pacific region.

While most business professionals are worried about the security of cloud-based applications, they are not deterred from using them to store their personal and professional data

Britain will recruit hundreds of computer experts to defend its vital networks against cyber attacks and launch hi-tech assaults of its own, defence secretary Philip Hammond said on Sunday.