Researchers showed a Black Hat audience how femotcell technology, used by phone companies to boost cell phone coverage, can be hacked to intercept cell phone calls, text messages and other data.

A skeptical but mostly respectful crowd of Black Hat security attendees Wednesday listened intently as National Security Agency Director Keith Alexander defended controversial U.S. surveillance programs in a keynote address.

Noted hacker Barnaby Jack, known for exposing vulnerabilities in ATM machines and medical devices, died in San Francisco Thursday, just days before he was scheduled to speak on deadly security shortcomings in medical implants at next week’s Black Hat s…

Defcon founder Jeff Moss’ request to government agencies asking them not to attend next month’s annual Defcon hacker conference has evoked a mixed response from the security community.

Former Booz Allen Hamilton employee-turned-fugitive document leaker Edward Snowden withdrawn his request for political asylum in Russia as his options for shelter in other countries appear to be dwindling.

Putin says Snowden must stop harming U.S. interests, but Russia unlikely to send him back

China’s remarkable success in infiltrating U.S. government, military and corporate networks in recent years shouldn’t be seen as a sign that the country is gaining on the U.S. lead in cybertechnology, security experts say. They’re just very persistent …

A federal court in Missouri has rejected an escrow firm’s attempt to blame its bank for a $440,000 cyberheist in March 2010.

U.S. companies and government agencies can learn from the large-scale disruptions that have hit several banks and media outlets in South Korea in the last 24 hours, security analysts said.

President Barack Obama’s cybersecurity executive order, signed on Tuesday, could significantly expand the list of companies categorized as part of U.S. critical infrastructure sector, security experts said Wednesday.