The average loss value of U.S. cargo thefts increased during the second quarter of 2013 compared with both this year's first quarter and the comparable quarter a year ago, but the volume of thefts declined.

United States said it would close an unspecified number of embassies around the world on Sunday over security concerns.

Barack Obama has ordered federal agencies to review safety rules at chemical facilities nationwide.

Only three days after one of the largest diamond thefts in history, two armed robbers held up a luxury watch store in Cannes, only a half-mile from the site of the diamond heist.

Through a malicious code infecting audio-visual conferencing equipment, a group of sophisticated hackers based out of Beijing might be listening in on high-level boardroom meetings, Dell's SecureWorks researchers report.

There was a 26 percent increase in TSA employee misconduct between 2010 and 2012, a new report from the Government Accountability Office says. 

The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that cellphone location records are a business record, and therefore not under the protection of the Fourth Amendment. 

England's High Court has blocked the publication of an academic paper showing how to bypass a computer chip used to fight vehicle theft, citing public safety concerns.

The U.S. Senate approved President Obama’s nomination of James Comey with a 93-1 vote as the new Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Director, Monday, July 29. 

The Prince George’s County Council in Maryland has approved a bill that requires convenience stores and gas stations to have drop boxes and security cameras, according to a report from NACS online and WTTG-TV.