AFP - The most vexing weakness in computer security is not in the hardware or the software, it is in the people who use the machines, according to top hackers and cyber safety specialists.

Personal information stored on electronic passports could be copied and transferred to another device, German computer security expert Lukas Grunwald said at a demonstration late Friday. Grunwald warned that criminals could duplicate embedded secret code and enter countries illegally....

A German computer security expert has revealed that he is able to duplicate e-passports that the U.S. and other countries are planning to distribute later in the year. The controversial electronic passports contain radio frequency ID, known as RFID, chips that the U.S. State Department believes...

One of the world's leading computer security companies is urging customers to install an updated version of its software after company officials announced they found a serious design flaw in the software months ago. The flaw allows hackers to take control of computers and steal sensitive data,...

A leading computer security company, McAfee Inc., quietly fixed a dangerous design flaw months ago in its flagship technology for managing protective software in large organizations but did not warn businesses and U.S. government agencies until Friday. McAfee issued a rare apology and urged...