While most people were out celebrating the start of a new year, Microsoft's security teams were working overtime to close a potentially enormous security loophole. On Thursday, the company disclosed a database error that temporarily left approximately 250 million customer service and support records accessible to anyone with a web browser.

The internet was designed to make information free and easy for anyone to access. But as the amount of personal information online has grown, so too have the risks. Last weekend, a nightmare scenario for many privacy advocates arrived. The New York Times revealed Clearview AI, a secretive surveillance company, was selling a facial recognition tool to law enforcement powered by “three billion images” culled from the open web.

2020 is off to a chaotic start, but locking down your online privacy is still vital. Give yourself an online privacy check-up and start 2020 securely

There are tools to crack into the phones at the center of a new dispute over encryption. But the F.BI. says it still needs Apple’s aide.

Apple on Monday denied a public request from U.S. Attorney General Bill Barr to unlock iPhones owned by a Saudi Air Force cadet accused of killing three people at a naval base in Pensacola, Fla., refuting the AG's claim that it has not provided "substantive assistance" in the investigation.

An alarming test carried out by Princeton shows that the five largest US carriers fail to properly protect their customers against so-called SIM-swap attacks. They were able to persuade the carriers to assign phone numbers to new SIMs without successfully answering any of the standard security questions. Once a phone number has been reassigned to a SIM in the possession of an attacker, they can reset passwords even on accounts protected by two-factor authentication (2FA)…

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The CIA developed technology to restrict anti-aircraft missiles once they are given to allies, a Dutch researcher said according to a Reuters report. The researcher, Jos Wetzel, said at a cybersecurity conference in Germany over the weekend that the technology would be used for shoulder-fired missiles called Man-Portable Air-Defense Systems (MANPADS). This could convince U.S. officials to distribute these weapons more often, Reuters reported.

Over the holidays, the Russian government said it had completed a multi-day test of a national, internal internet known as RuNet, a bid to show that the country's online infrastructure could survive even if disconnected from the rest of the world. Though Russia claims the initiative relates to cybersecurity, researchers and human rights advocates inside Russia and around the world argue that the test underscores Russia's broader campaign to control and censor access to digital information within its borders.

Your home is your nest, a safe place where you and your family can enjoy time together, relax and do your daily activities. However, are your home secure?

The security situation in the disputed area of Abyei on the Sudan-South Sudan border is deteriorating rapidly, the head of the Abyei civil society reported on Tuesday.

Foreign military bases are integral to preparations for war. The bases intended to increase violence, undermine international security and proliferate weapons.

Microsoft patched a vulnerability in Microsoft Outlook in 2017. It hasn't slowed hackers down.

TikTok chief Alex Zhu will meet with lawmakers in Washington, D.C. next week as suspicions around the app’s ties to China continue to grow, CNBC confirmed. The Washington Post first reported the trip on Thursday.

A 3D mask – or even a photograph of a face – was able to fool supposedly secure face recognition systems used for payments and boarding aircraft, but was unable to fool Face ID… Fortune reports on the tests carried out by an AI company.

It's been a rough 10 years in cybersecurity—and it's only getting worse.

Why your electronic voting options might not get better any time soon: RISC-V-based solution under development, but the very nature of a voting system raises issues.

The same kinds of digital dirty tricks used to interfere in the 2016 U.S. presidential election and beyond are now up for sale on underground Russian forums for as little as a few thousand dollars, according to a new report from an internet security company.

Today, WhatsApp announced it officially supports fingerprint lock on Android devices.