Data Security

Romanian hackers could have exposed the database contents of Kaspersky Labs' customers after they were able to compromise the anti-virus company's website on Saturday.

Identity fraud increased by 22 percent last year, but the burden on consumers is lessening, according to a new study.

With $250 in easy-to-obtain equipment and 20 minutes, a researcher was able to clone the RFID tags of two U.S. passport cards.

An online computer supplies and electronics retailer settled Federal Trade Commission charges that it violated federal law by not providing adequate security to protect customer data, the agency announced Thursday.

Privacy may be an admirable goal, but it's not clear that people really want it.

Protecting patient privacy during health-related research should be controlled separately from HIPAA regulations, according to a new Institute of Medicine report.

A security services provider for the federal government is notifying employees, former employees and customers that its network was compromised by malware.