Greg Masters

The EMV standard, widely considered an effective way to curb counterfeit card fraud because it requires a microchip to be embedded in a credit or debit card or on a mobile device, is gradually picking up steam in the U.S.

A thief broke into a doctor's car and stole a briefcase containing a flash drive that held personal data on patients of University of Miami Miller School of Medicine.

West Virginia University was looking to protect student and staff data. It found a software solution to assist in the process, reports Greg Masters.

David Kernell, who hacked into Sarah Palin's email account, has lost an appeal against his obstruction of justice charge.

While many mobile applications do what they're supposed to, countless others carry malware.

A laptop containing personal information of patients was stolen from the neurology department of Lexington Clinic on the night of Dec. 7, 2011.

The self-professed "general of Israel's hackers" claimed to have data on millions of Arabs from all over the world ready "to save Israel" from cyber attack.

A community college in Texas found a tool that enabled it to fend off viruses while coming into compliance, reports Greg Masters.

In a reprisal for the government's takedown of MegaUpload.com, the hacker group Anonymous has apparently shuttered recording and movie industry websites, as well as the U.S. Department of Justice.

Several senators today abandoned their support of two highly controversial anti-web piracy bills making their way through Congress.