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Surveillance minimization -- where surveillance is the exception, not the rule -- could help rebuild public trust following revelations about the collection of personal data, according to a law academic. ...

Pump-mounted devices used Bluetooth chips that allowed the thieves to retrieve the data without having to physically connect to the devices, prosecutors allege. ...

The first security suite tests are in on Windows 8.1, and the picture remains mediocre for most of them. Still, almost all of them improved on Windows 8.1's default security. ...

The company received about 320,000 requests for customer information in the US, and just a few thousand internationally. ...

During the protests in Kiev, the Ukrainian government uses phone technology to identify those anywhere near the antigovernment marches. ...

Those between the ages of 18 and 29 say that Snowden has "served the public interest" by leaking NSA data. That figure falls to 35 percent among those over the age of 65. ...

Fifty-seven percent of people ages 18 and 29 say Edward Snowden "served the public interest" by leaking NSA data. That figure falls to 35 percent among those older than 65. ...

The NSA leaker will be taking questions via Twitter for a Webcast Q&A session on Thursday. Crave's Eric Mack has five questions for Snowden that have been eating away at him and have little to do with the NSA. ...

The NSA leaker will be taking questions via Twitter for a Webcast Q&A session on Thursday. Crave's Eric Mack has five questions for Edward Snowden that have been eating away at him and have little to do with the NSA. ...

s executive chairman has the necessary security clearance but tells the Guardian he was never briefed about the NSA...

The country allegedly hacked into corporate networks around the world to try to gain an upperhand in the economic sphere. ...

The country allegedly hacked into corporate networks around the world to try to gain an upperhand in the economic sphere. ...

It seems the latest method to scam money from the innocent is to use cute doggie pics to entice vulnerable dog lovers. ...

s believed that human error caused a glitch in the country...

The insecurity of our online accounts provides plenty of reason for insecurity about the state of online security, according to a new list of the most common passwords. ...

Target and Neiman Marcus weren't the only name-brand retailers to be stung by cybercriminals last holiday season. Plus: Was a teenager behind the malware? ...

A new conference focusing on issues of "trust" at the intersection of privacy and security will take place during RSA's annual show. ...

The upscale department store identified a security breach in mid-December, but sources tell the New York Times that the hacker's trail leads back to July. ...

Looking to recoup burned customers, the big-box retailer offers affected shoppers credit monitoring from Experian -- worth $191. ...

After some of the company's social-networking accounts were hacked, Microsoft says some of its e-mail accounts were also compromised. ...