Edward Snowden, the leaker of documents that revealed National Security Agency surveillance programs, has submitted a request for temporary asylum in Russia and could be granted a decision within several weeks, according to news reports.

Insurance provider WellPoint has agreed to pay a $1.7 million fine for exposing more than 600,000 personal records online due to weak database security, the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) said Thursday.

A noisy malware campaign against South Korea is revealing deeper secrets.

Cyber criminals will face tougher penalties across the European Union, under new rules adopted by the European Parliament on Thursday.

China saw an increase in Trojan and botnet attacks coming from other countries in 2012, as the amount of mobile malware in the country also surged, according to a local security group.

A critical vulnerability that could allow remote attackers to access sensitive enterprise log-in credentials and other data was fixed last week in Crowd, a single sign-on (SSO) and identity management tool used by large organizations to simplify access…

Google is revealing some new numbers around malware and phishing attempts in an effort to get more people thinking about online security and to make the Web safer.

The source code for the Carberp financial malware has been leaked online, increasing the risk that other cybercriminals will create their own variants based on it, according to researchers from Russian cybercrime investigations firm Group-IB.

Edward Snowden, the former U.S. National Security Agency contractor who leaked information about the country’s surveillance programs, left Hong Kong Sunday to a third country.

Edward Snowden, the former U.S. National Security Agency contractor who leaked information about the country’s surveillance programs, left Hong Kong Sunday to a third country.