Amid a rash of dire reports about a lack of security on smartphones, it's critical to maintain perspective.

Darryl Boyett asked if his home WiFi connection, which uses WPA2 protection, is safe enough for online banking.

If one of your passwords is "654321" or "superman" or "qazwsx" congratulations for having one of the least secure passwords of 2011.

There are three simple steps to attempt to make your account secure again if you were a victim of the malware attack.

Google landed in hot water last year when its Street View cars collected data from Wi-Fi networks without password protection.

DropBox, GoogleDocs, Microsoft Office 365, SkyDox ... the field of companies urging you to put your documents in the cloud is growing by the minute. Appealing as this concept might seem, CFOs and IT teams have to take a step back and evaluate the benefits and risks.

Malicious hackers in Brazil have for the first time created malware that uses encrypted blocks of code to sneak around antivirus programs.

Facebook is nearing a settlement with the FTC over privacy charges, but expecting a social network to be private is a little silly.

Analysis of hundreds of millions of junk e-mail messages identifies related scams and pinpoints likely sources of phishing and fraud.

The social network reportedly agrees to a deal with the Federal Trade Commission on privacy notifications, but is it enough?