The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued cybersecurity recommendations for medical devices.......

The US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has issued an alert to hospitals and other health care facilities, warning that many of the electronic medical devices they use may contain security flaws.......

US lawmakers have proposed legislation that would declassify some opinions from the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court, following the leak of information that indicated the court has been ordering telecommunications companies to turn over customers' call records.......

Google, Facebook, Microsoft, and Yahoo have asked the Justice Department to lift gag orders that prohibit the companies from discussing FISA Court orders requesting customer data.......

The US Attorney's Office in New Jersey has charged eight people with conspiracy to commit wire fraud, conspiracy to commit money laundering, and conspiracy to commit identity theft.......

European Union (EU) justice commissioner Viviane Reding has given US Attorney General Eric Holder until Friday to provide specifics on how much personal information PRISM has collected about people in the EU.......

A man who launched attacks on the websites of several US police departments and public agencies has agreed to a plea deal.......

A group of law enforcement officials, politicians, and consumer advocates aim to help fight the growing theft of smartphones, which has reached "epidemic" proportions, according to San Francisco District Attorney George Gascon.......

Apple has announced that the newest version of its mobile operating system, iOS7, will include a "kill switch" feature to make iPhone less attractive to thieves.......

A US district judge in Connecticut has sentenced two Romanian men to prison for their roles in a phishing scheme.......

A man from Chengdu, China has been sentenced to 12 years in prison for his role in a software piracy operation that sold over US $100 million worth of software.......

Malware known as KeyBoy exploits known flaws in certain version of Microsoft office to install a Trojan horse program and steal data.......

On Tuesday, June 11, Microsoft issued five security bulletins to address a total of 23 flaws in various products.......

According to a secret US government document obtained by UK newspaper The Guardian, President Obama ordered national security officials to compile a list of potential cyberattack targets.......

horse program that targets Android devices.......

When Microsoft seized thousands of domain names associated with the Citadel botnet, it also took down some domains that had already been sinkholed by researchers.......

A lawsuit had been filed against Verizon, the NSA, President Barack Obama, Attorney General Eric Holder and others over the constitutionality of the NSA's wide surveillance program, which was disclosed late last week.......

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) has filed a motion asking that the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance (FISA) Court "unseal its opinions evaluating the meaning, scope, and constitutionality of Section 215 of the Patriot Act.......

Edward Snowden, who leaked the information about the NSA's data gathering practices, is currently in Hong Kong.......