In 2019, usable security will become the new buzzword and signal a rejection of the argument that there must be a trade-off between convenience and security and privacy.

Local governments aren't updating the vulnerable systems.

Among other tried-and-true cyberattack methods, the attackers hosted malware on the Google Cloud Storage service domain storage.googleapis.com to mask their activity.

Treasury Department names and imposes economic sanctions on the alleged major players behind the Russian election-meddling operation as well as the World Anti-Doping Agency breach.

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Incident is latest manifestation of continuing security challenges at agency, where over 3,000 security incidents have been reported in recent years.

Researchers demonstrate the process of remotely bricking a server, which carries serious and irreversible consequences for businesses.

What will ultimately be the driving force for Facebook to value data privacy?

Keep your passwords safe, since: “Quintal: Did the girl that sounded hot bring her computer last night? Preuit: No Quintal: I’m depressed”

Mark Rober “over-engineered the crap” out of it, including motion detection, geofencing, and 4 cameras to record some priceless reactions.

A new assessment of 28 popular models for home users failed to find a single one with firmware that had fully enabled underlying security hardening features offered by Linux.

Getting a new PC is exciting, but you should follow these setup steps before using a Windows 10 machine.

Facebook hit back at press reports this week that highlighted a deep network of privileged data-sharing partnerships between the social media company and other large organisations.

These tech roles will pay the most and be the most heavily recruited this year, according to Scout Exchange.

Microsoft issued an out-of-band patch for a zero day bug in its Internet Explorer browser.

A Facebook partnership with Netflix, Dropbox, Spotify, and Royal Bank of Canada gave them access to messages.

The intimate recordings paint a detailed picture of a man's life.

There can be a clash of missions between security and IT Ops teams, but automation can help.

Some 42% of companies say employees have fallen victim to a phishing attack, according to EdgeWave. Here's how to keep them safe.

Among this year's biggest news stories: epic hardware vulnerabilities, a more lethal form of DDoS attack, Olympic 'false flags,' hijacked home routers, fileless malware - and a new world's record for data breaches.