The President prodded Congress to enact legislation that would create standards to shore up critical computer systems.

The White House cybersecurity executive order, to be unveiled by President Obama's top security officials, will be the most comprehensive plan yet.

The settlement caps a tough year for Switzerland's biggest bank, which is one of several leading banks that has been under investigation over allegations of manipulating the benchmark LIBOR interest rate.

A South Korean presidential candidate has promised to get rid of encryption technology that has tied South Korean Internet users to a single Web browser for online financial transactions.

Obama was closing out the campaign with an apparent edge in some key battleground states, including Ohio.