Choosing "starwars" as your password is a really bad idea.

Nearly 200 experts, companies and civil society groups from more than 40 countries are asking governments around the world to support strong encryption.

More than 70 upper North Island health workers have been disciplined for snooping into patients' records in the past three years.

A number of former senior national security officials are urging that the government embrace the move to strong encryption by tech companies.

A conman stole the identities of victims of the Christchurch earthquake, the Pike River Mine explosion and the Carterton balloon disaster.

Toys that talk back are one of the hottest holidays gifts this year. And they may soon be a hot item for hackers too.

A lack of regulation around disclosure of company breaches by hackers means most are going unreported leading to a sense of complacency, says professional services firm PwC.

As toys go high-tech, hackers are zeroing in on a particularly vulnerable target - children.

A malware that can steal credit card information at the check out has caused concern.

Anyone raised on Perry Mason knows there is a golden rule for lawyers - never ask a question in a public courtroom if you don't already know the answer.

Detectives sought the banking, telephone and travel records of author and journalist Nicky Hager without any search order or other legal power.

Russian hackers infiltrated the servers of Dow Jones, owner of the Wall Street Journal, and stole information to trade on before it became public.

Ashley Madison has hit NZ and extortionists are using data from the website demand thousands of dollars not to inform cheaters' partners and families.

Spam filter accidentally blocked a simple phrase "everyone will know".

Kiwis who deal with organisations that get cyber protection from the GCSB have been told there are strict controls around the use of their data.

The number of serious cyber attacks against NZ agencies and companies has surged, new figures from the GCSB show.

After two weeks of hacks, you'd think people would lay off the site. Not quite. Plenty of Kiwi men are still active on Ashley Madison.

A principal has been caught using his school email account for the Ashley Madison website.

The fallout from the Ashley Madison hack is a massive wake-up call that all of us need to take greater care with our data, writes Juha Saarinen.

This wasn't a lavish party for the launch of Nike's latest sneaker. It was a recruiting event for hackers and cybersecurity researchers.

A lack of reporting mechanisms means there's no telling how often or how much personal info is taken from databases in Asia.

The problem toughening hacking laws is that it is not going to help catch the real hackers, writes Dominic Basulto.

Exclusive: Overseas predator tried to blackmail an Auckland teenage girl by posting photos on a porn site, hacking her family's computer and college’s website.

When most people find their missing phone, it's followed by a vow not to lose it again. Prime Minister John Key, on the other hand, quickly bins his.

NZ and its spying partners exploited weaknesses in one of the world's most popular mobile browsers and planned to hack into smartphones.

PayPal is working on a new generation of embeddable, injectable and ingestible devices that could replace passwords as a means of identification.

Thousands of Uber passwords from hacked accounts reportedly selling on the dark web for as little as US$1.

In the pre-Christmas retail frenzy of 2013, US retail giant Target had its cash registers raided.

Mattel's Hello Barbie, that can hold conversations with kids, has drawn the ire of one of the toy industry's most influential critics.