SECURITY

IBM Corp will buy security software provider Q1 Labs as it looks to expand in a market which has seen recent high-profile cyber attacks on victims from Sony Corp <6758.T> to the British police.

U.S. banks are losing ground in the battle to combat credit and debit card fraud, a new report shows, underscoring the growing threat thieves and hackers pose for the financial system.

The chairman of the House of Representatives intelligence committee on Tuesday accused China of widespread cyber economic espionage and said many U.S. firms were afraid to come forward for fear their computers would be the targets of even more attacks.

Police are issuing a higher state of alert because both parents are present and cooperative

International Business Machines Corp said it is to buy Q1 Labs, a privately-held security intelligence software provider, as it looks to tap into a growing market for security software.

International Business Machines Corp said it plans to buy privately-held security intelligence software provider Q1 Labs for an undisclosed sum as it looks to boost its security portfolio.

Security issue lets apps access any data on the device.

Some Android phones are believed to allow internet applications to access a user's information, such as their location or text messages. Who is at risk?

Gold rose 1.6 percent on Monday, its biggest one-day gain in a month, as bullion resumed its role as a haven from turmoil following its worst monthly loss since the financial crisis in 2008.

A few weeks ago, Australia implemented similar rules for its passports.

The Android Police blog has recently reported on the mother of all Android malware, discovered in the security system of HTC Android-based devices. The report claims that it is leaking huge amounts of users' private data.

In updating its Sense UI, HTC has introduced a set of logging tools that could let apps with Internet permission access users' confidential information like e-mail addresses and SMS data, app developers say.

Online social networking giant Facebook has recently introduced a lot of changes in the way that its Web site operates and interacts with users. All of us have noticed it. The changes have supposedly been made to allow the site to be more interesting and user-friendly. The question, however, is whether Facebook may have gone a step too far.

A video of Casey Anthony that was recorded at the Orange County, Fla., Jail in December 2008 has been released after a Florida Judge ruled on Friday that the video that was sealed because it was considered inflammatory be released to the public. The decision was given out two days after hearing.

As millions of viewers tuned in to watch the Tiangong 1 space lab launch on China's state-run CCTV, they were treated to a bizarre musical selection: America the Beautiful.

Central banks' gold buying is lifting the price of the precious metal in a trend that analysts expect to continue even if widespread predictions of a price rise to $2,000 by year-end comes true.

As concerns and controversies culminate over Facebook’s privacy breach, two House members are asking the Federal Trade Commission to examine the social networking site’s practice of tracking browser cookies. Will Facebook survive this?

Governors along the U.S.-Mexico border agreed on Thursday to examine how to create shared databases where they can swap DNA and other biometric information on criminals in an effort to curb the flow of guns and drugs between the two countries.

Gold prices hovered in a tight range Thursday as bullish and bearish forces pinned the yellow metal to a virtual standstill.

The arrest of seven current and former Great Neck North High School students has spurred security concerns for students who are signed up to take the test on Saturday.

Gold prices are plunging in September partly because struggling Eurozone sovereign states are dumping [it] in the open market, speculated Michael Pento, president of Pento Portfolio Strategies.