Cybersecurity is guaranteed to make big headlines in 2015, according to one computer fraud expert.

A new infographic from SysCloud reveals there have been more 500 security breaches at more than 320 higher education institutions since 2005.

The U.S. Justice Department is creating a unit within the criminal division to advise on electronic surveillance in cyber investigations and work with the private sector to prevent online crime.

Security researchers say they have uncovered a cyber espionage ring focused on stealing corporate secrets for the purpose of gaming the stock market.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, NOAA, said that four of its websites were hacked in recent weeks. 

As the list of major U.S. retailers hit by credit card hackers continues to grow this year, Americans are more likely to worry about having credit card information they used in stores stolen by computer hackers than any other crime.

In coming months, Tesla will hire up to 30 full-time hackers whose job will be to find and close vulnerabilities in the sophisticated firmware that controls its cars.

Hackers have broken into the credit and debit card payment networks at supermarket chains Albertson's and SuperValu.

A recent study said that almost three-quarters or 70 percent of all Internet of Things (IoT) devices are vulnerable to hacking.