It’s not every day that someone lets you freely wreak havoc on their account just to find out what happens when you do.

Read about the saga of Facebook's failures in ensuring privacy for user data, including how it relates to Cambridge Analytica, the GDPR, the Brexit campaign, and the 2016 US presidential election.

There is no argument artificial intelligence will have an impact on the cybersecurity skills gap. The question is how.

The news comes shortly after the DoD was called out for having rampant bugs in its weapons systems.

Scalability is a huge deciding factor for professionals looking at DBaaS brands. Here are the 15 most popular among cloud developers.

The amount is the max allowed under pre-GDPR regulation, but is barely a financial slap on the wrist for the social-media giant.

Andrea Little Limbago, chief social scientist at Endgame, discusses hacktivist groups, cybersecurity trends, and how we can prepare for cyberattacks with CNET's Dan Patterson.

Cyber security's comprehensive news site is now an online community for security professionals, outlining cyber threats and the technologies for defending against them.

Andrea Little Limbago, chief social scientist at Endgame, discusses hacktivist groups, cybersecurity trends, and how we can prepare for cyberattacks with CNET's Dan Patterson.

Breach of Hong Kong-based airline compromises personal information of 9.4 million passengers.

The Maltrail malicious behavior detection system eases the burden of constant vigilance on your Linux server.

Researcher will demonstrate at Black Hat Europe his team's recent discovery: a way to exploit popular user-blocking feature on social media and other sites.

Cris Thomas, space rogue, global strategy lead at IBM X-Force Red, discusses the myths and realities of hacking election machines with CNET's Dan Patterson.

Mark Risher, Google's director of product management for identity and account security, explains what hackers are looking for and how Google is ramping up account security.

Researchers note massive increases in retail goods for sale on the black market, retail phishing sites, and malicious applications and social media profiles.

Tool rescues GandCrab victims from malicious encryption.

Majority of county sites in 20 key swing states have non-.gov domains and don't enforce use of SSL, McAfee researchers found.

Here’s Episode 7 of the Naked Security podcast – enjoy.

Startups selling vulnerabilities, exploit kits, and access to personal data to government agencies have a poor record of securing their own platforms.

Facebook blocked 8.7m images of child nudity and exploitative content in 3 months.

Tim Cook’s warnings about an “industrial data complex” have been met with accusations of hypocrisy from Facebook’s former security supremo.