Most security experts will tell you that identifying cyber criminals takes a lot of hard work, luck and a fair amount of time and patience. This is because cybercriminals operating across multiple countries are not only difficult to track; no one can be certain who is acting on behalf of what organization.

People are becoming more aware not only of the security issues related to social media but also the business models that sustain the providers of these networks. As a result, there is a growing appreciation for just how easily personal data can be misappropriated.

It appears that for every one step forward we take in open access to information, we take one or maybe two steps backward in keeping our private lives private.

Small businesses that rely in inexpensive, consumer-designed “triple plays” -- those IP-based bundles of Internet access, unlimited phone service to all U.S. area codes and multiple channels of television -- need to beware of the potential security threat posed by satellite-driven information relays.

There's a saying that 50 million Frenchman can’t be wrong, but this month about 13 million Koreans can be -- and were -- wronged in one of the worst hack attacks in any company’s history.

A team of hackers financed by a “Saudi-based terrorist group” with headquarters in the Philippines was shut down this week after breaching the trunkline PBX of AT&T and other telecommunications companies, according to the Philippine National Police Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CDIG).