SECURITY

The recent price drop in gold -- 10 percent since October to about $1,610 per ounce -- could continue.

Pope Benedict XVI’s decision to remain a resident of the Vatican will ensure his legal immunity and personal security.

Amazon.com has been accused of hiring a neo-Nazi security firm to regulate their temp workers in Germany.

Employing a passcode lock on your Apple iPhone 4, 4S or 5 used to be all you needed to do to keep potential thieves from accessing your contacts and photos and making calls using your minutes. But a new instructional video demonstrates that a glitch of some kind in iOS 6.1 has left phones that run the operating system vulnerable to being hacked into to allow crafty users to take advantage of a range of their features.

An L.A.-bound flight was delayed Wednesday after Kim Kardashian and Kanye West were allowed to board without the required security screening.

Cylance, a 7-month-old Internet security startup founded by a former McAfee executive, raised an initial $15 million in venture capital.

Obama's new executive order about cybersecurity is said to have greater privacy protections, and the measures are largely voluntary.

The Southern California ex-policeman killer wanted to ban, well, guns -- and found strong, if not exactly sane, words to say it.

Will Ferrell dressed as a security guard at the Staples Center for last night's Lakers game. And at one point, he found Shaquille O'Neal sitting courtside, asked him to leave and escorted him away from the floor.

China’s state-owned oil giant CNOOC was cleared by U.S. regulators to to make its largest-ever foreign acquisition.

Israel reportedly had a prisoner so secret that he was never referred to by name and any media reports of “Prisoner X” were immediately discredited. In an upcoming Australian program, the identity of Prisoner X is revealed as an Aussie citizen who was a Mossad agent.

Richmond, Va., police chief Bryan Norwood resigned his position Monday after receiving criticism for reporting that Chris Brown had completed his community service stemming from his 2009 beating of girlfriend Rihanna.

China is believed to be hacking into U.S. companies' computer networks. Will Congress pass new laws to increase cybersecurity?

Internet security startup Nok Nok Labs, whose directors include former White House security adviser Richard Clarke, said it had raised $15 million in venture capital.

When Cisco Systems reports second-quarter results, investors expect marginally higher earnings on increased revenue.

Raytheon has devised powerful software that tracks individuals via social media posts and GPS to use analytics to aid security agencies.

Mounting privacy concerns led Seattle's mayor to order the police to return its drones to the manufacturer.

Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ:MSFT) is completing one of its biggest-ever security updates to respond to major threats to its browser and users of Office products.

Listen here to online police scanner live streams from Big Bear, Calif., and Los Angeles, where a massive manhunt is under way for Christopher Dorner, a former member of both the LAPD and U.S. Navy who is reportedly on the run in Southern California, where he has allegedly shot a number of victims, including a police officer and two civilians who died Thursday.

The Times and Post broke a deal with the CIA by revealing a "secret" drone base in Saudi Arabia, but many wonder why it was protected at all.

Brennan’s nomination process may not prove to be smooth sailing, due to his possible connection to controversial interrogation practices.