Pentagon says DoD can start using Knox-enabled Samsung Galaxy S4

Samsung's Galaxy S4 is officially allowed in the hands of Department of Defense employees -- so long as they run special Knox security software.

DC police chief says carriers profit from phone theft, ‘are not innocent’

Mobile phone theft is a massive and growing problem, accounting for more than 40 percent of all thefts in San Francisco in 2012. But is that a good thing for mobile carriers like AT&T and Verizon?

U.S. Navy launches ‘The Magicians’: A fleet of drones and manned aircraft

The Navy brought a retired squadron of helicopters called The Magicians back into action today. This time around, however, it includes 10 new drones.

Chinese hackers drain U.S. military secrets from defense contractor

The same Chinese hackers exposed in a well-known report by security firm Mandient hacked into defense contractor QinetiQ in a three-year-long campaign. According to one security firm, they could be found in every corner.

The problem with passwords (infographic)

More than half of us say we can't remember all our passwords. Which makes sense, given that almost a third of all companies require their employees to remember six or more of them.

This white hat hacker cracks quantum encryption for fun and profit

In quantum hacking, messages are sent from Alice to Bob. But if the Institute for Quantum Computing's contract hacker is successful, Eve gets the information instead.

Mozilla to spyware company: Stop using us as bait!

Mozilla is taking action against Gamma International, makers of spying software FinFisher. The company says FinFisher is masquerading as its FireFox browser to trick people into trusting it.

How a tiny Canadian company won security contracts with covert 3-letter agencies like the NSA, CIA, and FBI

"Despite the Bush years of let's go play in another war, there's a very tight, close alliance between Canada and the USA," says Rick Segal, CEO of Canadian startup Fixmo.

LivingSocial hacked, company suspects 50M accounts affected

LivingSocial, the international daily deals company, is alerting 50 million of its members to hack that left names, emails, birthdays, and hashed passwords exposed.

How to avoid buying 13 laptops in 15 minutes, then shipping them to a stranger in Sacramento

Last week I bought 13 laptops from WalMart.com. There were only two problems: I didn't buy them, and they weren't being shipped to my house. I'd been hacked.

Senate approval on the House’s controversial cybersecurity bill CISPA seems unlikely

Bad cyber security legislation CISPA is likely to fail if it goes to a vote on the Senate floor, according to comments made by Sen. Jay Rockefeller (D-W.V.), chairman of the committee on commerce, science and transportation, today.

Why two-factor authentication wouldn’t have saved the AP from getting hacked

While two-factor authentication is a great extra barrier between hackers and you, it wouldn't have stopped the phishing attack that led to the hack on the AP's Twitter account.

Twitter’s upcoming two-step sign-in system could prevent the next big hack

Twitter wants wants to make it tougher for bad guys to crack high-profile Twitter accounts. It's about time.

Associated Press Twitter account hacked, tweet about White House attack ‘untrue’

The AP Twitter account was breached today. The hackers sent out a bogus tweet about an attack on the White House.

Reuters fires social media editor charged with helping hackers

Matthew Keys, Reuters' social media editor, was fired today following an indictment that accuses Keys of helping hackers access his former employer's severs.

Reddit owns up to its part in spreading misinformation about the Boston bombings

A legion of armchair warriors pulled together to provide a detailed account of all the information available on last week's horrific bombings during the Boston Marathon, but not all of that effort turned out to be good.

Fool me once: Bitcoin exchange Mt. Gox falls after third DDoS attack this month

Bitcoin's main exchange, Mt. Gox, was taken offline by another denial of service attack today, showing it is really a barrier to Bitcoin's growth.