cybersecurity

Your Social Security number is the No. 1 piece of data fraudsters want. These are the scams you and your loved ones don’t want to fall for.

Cybersecurity experts warn sophisticated hacking attacks by Russian and Chinese actors are targeting the Democratic and Republican campaigns gearing up for the 2020 presidential election.

Certain habits practiced online and on social media could make some people a prime target for hackers. Here’s what to know.

“They’ve spent four or five years building the capability, creating that capability from the outside,” CEO Nikesh Arora said of its $800 million Expanse buy.

The big threat to retirees’ hard-earned savings isn’t market volatility. It’s fraudsters making off with their data and their cash.

After the long vote count and now in the midst of a rocky presidential transition, it can be easy to forget that there’s a lot that went surprisingly smoothly in our election process this year. Watch for four things that went very right on Election Day.

A cybersecurity firm says it has found a hacker selling personally identifying information from more than 200 million Americans, including the voter registration data of 186 million, NBC News reports.

The Justice Department has announced charges against Russian intelligence officers in cyberattacks that targeted a French presidential election, the Winter Olympics in South Korea and American businesses

Microsoft says it has taken legal action seeking to disrupt a major cybercrime digital network that uses more than 1 million zombie computers to loot bank accounts and spread ransomware

QR codes are more popular than ever with businesses, as they offer a convenient and touchless way to share information. But bad actors can replace QR codes in public with their own, granting them access to your phone.

The Justice Department has charged five Chinese citizens with hacks targeting more than 100 companies and institutions in the United States and abroad, including social media and video game companies as well as universities and telecommunications providers

Hackers working for Russia, China and Iran have recently escalated their attacks around the U.S. presidential race as Election Day looms, Microsoft says.

The director of cybersecurity for the Electronic Frontier Foundation, Eva Galperin explains the dangers of hackers penetrating high-profile Twitter accounts, and what should be done to prevent future breaches.

Many of us are working from home these days and spending a lot of time on social media, but certain things we’re doing online may be making us a prime target for hackers.

At the 2020 RSA Conference in San Francisco, protecting the upcoming presidential election was a hot topic, from thwarting cyberattacks at polling places to preventing fake headlines from going viral.

One January morning two years ago, hackers seized control of the Bedford Police Department’s electronic records. They were holding them hostage, and time was ticking; the longer the town waited to pay up, the higher the ransom demand would climb.