Could a hacker manipulate an airport x-ray machine into masking weapons or contraband in carry-on luggage? According to security researchers Billy Rios and Terry McCorkle, the answer is yes.

Hackers breached the websites of all Las Vegas Sands Corp. websites.

The rash of attacks against Target and other top retailers is likely to be the leading edge of a wave of serious cybercrime.

Hospitals need to do a better job of encrypting patient data to address the spiraling scale of security breaches, concludes a new report from healthcare IT security company Redspin. The report also notes that healthcare organizations need to bridge the gap between the demand from doctors and nurses using their own devices in the workplace (BYOD) and enacting the necessary security measures to ensure patient information contained on those devices is protected if they are lost or stolen.

The Secret Service is urging U.S. lawmakers to do more to prevent the cyber thefts similar to those that have recently hit Target Corp and other major retailers. According to William Noonan, a top agent with the Secret Service’s cyber operations branch, “Legislative action could help to improve the nation’s cybersecurity, reduce regulatory costs on U.S. companies, and strengthen law enforcement’s ability to conduct effective investigations.”

Target Corp will speed up a program to implement the use of chip-enabled smart cards to protect against cyber theft.

Maryland industry executives and government officials are putting together a cybersecurity roundtable.

Yahoo said that some of its customers’ email accounts were compromised in a recent cyberattack.

Visa CEO Charlie Scharf is pushing for advances in payment technology and security.

An intruder stole a vendor's credentials that were used to access Target's system and cause its massive security breach last year.