Microblogging service Twitter has decided to open source some of Whisper Systems’ software, including the TextSecure text-messaging encryption for Android devices, on Github.

A Chinese group allegedly hacked into the US Chamber of Commerce networks last year and gained access to information on its three million members.

Hackers broke into pop star Lady Gaga’s Twitter account and broadcasted a link to a scam offer for free iPad 2s to her 17 million fans, whom she calls “little monsters.”

The Manhattan District Attorney has indicted 55 individuals for operating a $2 million organized cybercrime ring that relied on corrupt employees at companies and institutions to steal personal information of victims.

Nation-state-sponsored advanced persistent threats (APTs) are only going to increase in volume and sophistication over the next few years, and the US needs to take the offense in countering these threats, argues Peter George, president and chief execut…

Wisegate, a newly formed social networking site for information security professionals, has added a privacy and compliance micro-community for senior-level privacy and compliance professionals.

The CA/Browser Forum, a consortium of certificate authorities (CAs), has released the first international baseline requirements for the operation of CAs issuing SSL/TLS certificates.

The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) is investigating a link between a data breach at the Insurance Corporation of British Columbia (ICBC) and drive-by shootings and arson in the Canadian province.

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has arrested a hacker associated with Anonymous for a distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack against the website of Gene Simmons, front man for the band KISS and reality TV celebrity.

Ancestry.com, the online commercial genealogy service, has decided to remove from its website Social Security numbers (SSNs) of individuals deceased in the last 10 years out of security concerns.