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An abundance of channels exist today to communicate through online messaging, yet email remains the most mature method to do so and is an integral part of people’s daily activity.

China will investigate providers of IT products and services to protect “national security” and “economic and social development,” according to the official Xinhua news agency. This move follows the U.S. government charged five Chinese military officers with hacking U.S. companies to steal trade secrets.

eBay been hit by a huge cyberattack that compromised its main database holding user passwords.

Even after the Heartbleed bug, some of the most popular websites aren't taking password security seriously.

The FBI and police in several countries have arrested more than 100 people and conducted hundreds of searches in a global crackdown on hackers linked to “Blackshades,” a malicious software program that is one of the most popular tools used by cyber criminals to hijack computers.

Police in 16 countries seized cash, firearms and drugs and arrested 80 people suspected of peddling virus software believed to have infected hundreds of thousands of computers.

U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson says that Congress is likely to agree on cybersecurity legislation this summer.

It has barely been a month since the announcement of the Heartbleed bug, and all seems to have gone fairly quiet.

The FBI has warned healthcare providers their cybersecurity systems are lax compared to other sectors, making them vulnerable to attacks by hackers.

New York's banks will face new cybersecurity assessments carried out by the Department of Financial Services (DFS), under plans unveiled by Governor Andrew Cuomo.