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Teenage hacker sent to prison for 18 months for his illegal hacking behavior.

Mobile phone metadata is often disregarded, even though it should be more closely monitored.

The Archdiocese of Seattle has been hit by a data breach and some of those affected have had false tax returns filed with their identities.

McAfee offers up full mobile software suite for free to Google Android and Apple iOS users.

Retailer Target is still dealing with backlash from a major data breach, and reportedly ignored multiple warnings which may have prevented the breach.

Universities are under fire from cybercriminals and are slow to alert those affected by security data breaches.

Major vulnerability in popular messaging app, WhatsApp, could allow other users to read your messages.

The NSA tricked Facebook users and installed malware on PCs and devices to check hard drive contents.

A Minnesota non-profit group helping homeless youth in the state was hacked and criminals tried to extort the group.

The Cryptolocker ransomware continues to cause issues for businesses in the US and western world, with 40% of those infected paying up.

Target CIO quits and the company will now look to hire someone from outside of the company to help clean up a very expensive mess.

Silicon Valley and Israeli companies want to boost working relationships at a time when cybersecurity is a major initiative for national governments.

A British man has been convicted of hacking webcams on three unsuspecting female victims, and will be sentenced next month for his crimes.

Trying to keep PCs secure isn't just up to software companies to develop security programs - users must also be vigilant and learn to defend.

Chinese hackers are continually targeting U.S. and other western critical infrastructure, and how to combat the issue is far from easy.

There are new software and hardware platforms available to help try and reduce government and NSA snooping.

To counter growing cyber threats, many companies are embracing additional security methods to limit threats.

Hackers have exploited a vulnerability found in ASUS routers with USB ports for storage, which allowed them to gain access to the connected drives.

Why hack, when you can just type in eight zeroes? The code to the US's secret nuclear launch code was 00000000.

Pirate3D will kick off pre-orders for its Buccaneer 3D printer on November 1st for just $697.

A 'portion' of Riot Games' US-based League of Legends servers has been hacked.

The world's GPS system has a massive security flaw and is open to hacks.

Twitter issues warning to news organizations around the world; they believe the attacks will continue.

South Korea hack attack sees three TV networks down, two major banks take the fall too.

China agrees to cooperate with US over cyber attacks.

Bank of America spying on consumers? Anonymous' latest data is trying to prove that.

Cybersecurity threats get addressed by President Obama in new executive order.

Anonymous hacks US government site in response to Aaron Swartz's death, threatens 'warhead' leaks un.

Skytech offers expelled college student a scholarship and part-time job.

Google awards $60,000 to hacker Pinkie Pie for successfully exploiting Google Chrome.

Twitter's password recovery system allows accounts to be brute-forced simply by changing IPs.

Security researcher discovers new Java exploit, nearly 1 billion PCs and Macs could be at risk.

GoDaddy denies claims they were hacked, says "a series of internal network events" led to the crash.

Antisec allegedly hacks FBI laptop and steals a file with 12 million Apple UDIDs, releases 1m.

Another LulzSec member has been arrested for hacking. He faces up to 15 years in prison, if convicte.

Saudi Aramco had 30,000 workstations hacked in cyber-attack.

The world's largest oil company, Saudi Aramco, has been hit by a malware attack.

Three vulnerabilities have been found in Windows 8, three months before the official release.

Onity hotel keycard locks are susceptible to a hacker with $50 of hardware.

F-Secure releases F-Secure Flashback Removal Tool, find out if your Mac is infected, and if so, fix

Anonymous and Operation: BLACKOUT - threatening to take the Internet down on March 31st.

Michael Jackson's back catalog reportedly hacked in the Sony hack last year.

Hacked memo leads us to believe Apple, Nokia and RIM supply backdoors for government spying.

As little as 12 Chinese hacking groups could be responsible for most US attacks.

Intel and MasterCard will work together to provide more options for a safer and simpler check-out pr.

U.S. accuses China and Russia of cyber-espionage.

Sony hacked yet again, this time 93,000 accounts were accessed.

LulzSec hacker 'Topiary' arrested by Police.

LulzSec say they'll release big Murdoch email archive.