The State Department late issued a worldwide travel alert for U.S. citizens, warning of the potential for anti-U.S. action after the United States accused Iran of backing a plot to kill Saudi Arabia's ambassador to Washington.
The U.S. Transportation Security Administration said that it will no longer require all air cargo bound for the U.S. to be screened by the end of the year.
Bank tellers, restaurant workers and other service employees in New York lifted credit card data from foreign tourists and residents as part of an identity theft ring that stretched to China, Europe and the Middle East and victimized thousands.
Tampa, Fla. has five surveillance cameras watching traffic downtown, but next year's Republican National Convention could bring hundreds more on the street and in the sky.
One of the world's leading online gambling websites, Betfair, admitted last week that the personal account details of more than 3 million of its players was hacked in early 2010. Now, Betfair's Director of Security, Sean Catlett, has resigned.
According to research from Webroot, the first Internet security service company, only about 25 percent of employees have tried to bypass company security policies while at work, while nearly all (95 percent) respect the importance of their employer's measures for protecting their network and customer information.
A man was arrested this week and accused of plotting an assault on the Pentagon and U.S. Capitol using remote-controlled aircraft armed with explosives.
A former employee of Countrywide Financial has been sentenced to eight months in prison and ordered to pay $1.2 million in restitution for stealing and selling customer's personal data.
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