Facebook Thursday announced a new security tool called "Trusted Contacts" for users who suspect they've been hacked.

If you're an active user of Outlook, SkyDrive, Office Web Apps, or other Microsoft services, you may want to add two-step verification for an extra layer of security.

Although Facebook and government agencies don't always see eye to eye, several state attorneys general are teaming up with the social network on new privacy education resources.

While North Korea has made some serious-sounding threats about military action against the United States and South Korea lately, the country's looking a bit silly after several of its online accounts were hacked.

To help the Internet move on from usernames and passwords, Google wants to put a ring on it.

Although Facebook's Graph Search isn't available to most users yet, once it rolls out more broadly, there won't be any escaping it.

Parents beware: Many iPhone and Android apps designed for children are playing fast and loose with privacy, according to the Federal Trade Commission.

Facebook may modify its plans to share user data with affiliates such as Instagram, thanks to pressure from government regulators in Ireland.

In a dumbfounding display of politics at work, a U.S. Senate bill that, at one point, would have protected e-mail privacy has gone the opposite way, and would allow government surveillance of online services without a warrant if passed into law.

Just in time for holiday travels, Facebook is moving all users to HTTPS connections to help block attacks over Wi-Fi networks.

As Google grows, so too does government surveillance of its users.

Although the tech world is always changing, one thing remains the same: A lot of people use terrible passwords.

Google has acquired Web-based URL scanner VirusTotal in what may be an effort to improve browser security.

A hacker known for jailbreaking Apple devices claims that the iPhone is vulnerable to text message spoofing, even in the latest beta of iOS 6.

Another day, another scary computer virus tearing through the Middle East. The latest piece of malware is called Gauss, and it's designed to steal bank account credentials while gathering as much information about the infected machines as possible.