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The U.S. Border Patrol told its agents Friday that when they confront suspected illegal immigrants crossing the frontier who throw rocks a them, they should try to take cover or move away instead of immediately opening fire.

Most consumers just don’t believe that the personal and financial data they submit to corporations is safe.

A new report from McAfee says every minute there are more than 200 new computer attacks using a variety of malware.

The number of cargo thefts recorded in 2013 tied 2012′s all-time high of 951.

Federal energy regulators plan to impose new security rules on electric utilities to make sure they protect major substations and other facilities critical to the operation of the electric grid.

Visa Inc and MasterCard Inc launched a cross-industry group to improve security for credit card transactions.

Greenpeace activists unfurled huge banners from the 12th floor of the company's Cincinnati headquarters, protesting tropical deforestation and causing more than $10,000 in damage. 

Facebook will delete posts from users seeking to buy or sell weapons illegally or without a background check.

 

Airline passengers would pay $5 billion more over the next decade for travel security under Obama's budget.

Findings from a survey show that IT security professionals consider external threats from cybercriminals to be the more concerning issue facing the security of organizations’ sensitive information today.