A leading consumer group claims there is a wide gap of what kinds of protections carriers say they offer and what they really do.

Google is pulling a number of fraudulent apps that dupe users out of money.

Carrier IQ mounts an offensive to fend off critics with report outlining what information it collects from users and how it is used.

A flaw in Facebook's system for reporting objectionable photos on the website was exploited to view confidential images from its members' accounts. The exploit has already been used to snatch photos from Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg's private photo collection which has been posted to Web.

A paper by a business law professor details how to perpetrate all kinds of frauds -- and get away with them.

Ed Markey says Amazon has not provided enough detail about how the company intends to use customer information gathered via Silk.

A recent "hack" against a water utility was not an attack, but experts warn that municipal utilities and other critical networks are at risk

Printing security is something easily forgotten. Here's how you can make your print environment more secure.

Customers aren't so lucky: A California supermarket chain found compromised card readers in twenty of their stores.

If you're planning on letting your fingers do the shopping on Monday, here are five tips to help you stay safe.