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The airport scanners that let TSA agents see through travelers’ clothes can be fairly easily obstructed from detecting concealed weapons or bombs, according to researchers from several top U.S. universities.

UPS Stores, a subsidiary of UPS, said o that a security breach may have led to the theft of customer credit and debit data at 51 UPS franchises in the US.

Residents of Latin America and the Caribbean were the least likely among all global regions last year to feel secure in their communities.

The fatal shooting of 18-year-old Michael Brown by a police officer has led to the creation of online petitions for officers to wear body cameras.

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

The family of a 6-year-old boy stabbed to death in a Brooklyn elevator plans a $281 million lawsuit against NYCHA, blaming his murder on its shoddy security.

 

A California bill that would require cellphone makers to install a "kill switch" to render stolen devices inoperable has passed the state legislature.

The Cisco 2014 Midyear Security Report, released at Black Hat U.S. examines the “weak links” in organizations that contribute to the increasingly dynamic threat landscape.

A Russian crime ring has stolen 1.2 billion username and password combinations and more than 500 million email addresses.

The Department of Transportation wants to formally ban in-flight phone calls.