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Many mobile apps that users routinely download and use on their smartphones have extensive access to services running on the device. That could be a big security problem for enterprises.

Sooner or later, industry will find a way to shrink the window of vulnerability that cyber criminals exploit these days, says the executive chairman of RSA.

Despite some serious setbacks, the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and the Protect IP Act (PIPA) are still alive and still contain several controversial provisions.

A proposed bill that is designed to make it harder for offshore sites to sell counterfeit U.S products and copyrighted content gives content and IP owners way too much power, critics contend.

The continuing arrests of alleged members of the Anonymous and LulzSec hacking groups suggests that either the hackers are not as clever as they want us all to believe, or that law enforcement is getting better, at catching them.

Sony's silence in the midst of a snowballing security nightmare is fueling speculation about just how porous its networks really are.

Acknowledging that breaches can happen and preparing for it is as important as protecting against attacks.

The Epsilon breach shows why companies that outsource personal data to third parties need to ensure their vendors are following security best practices. Insider (registration required)

Security analysts and experts have offered a variety of explanations on what RSA's cryptic breach disclosure of last week really means for users of its SecurID two-factor authentication technology.

VeriFone on Wednesday said that startup Square should recall its mobile credit card reader from the market because the device doesn't support encryption. Some see the action as an attempt to smear an upstart rival.

Police in Ohio have been subpoenaing the utility records of people suspected of indoor-marijuana growing operations, according to the Columbia Dispatch.

Unisys is piloting a Bring Your Own Device to work program for the growing number of employees using personal devices to access corporate applications and data.

A look at the numbers behind Facebook usage in Egypt shows that social media's footprint is a little smaller than what some might have expected.

As dramatic as the term sounds, there is no Internet 'kill switch'. Not physically anyway, and not in the way many people might assume it works.

The unprecedent Internet clampdown in Egypt appears to have done little so far to stymie the protests in the country.