Cybersecurity control should be taken away from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security placed under the White House's purview, a panel of government and industry leaders are urging President-elect Barack Obama.

The Commission on Cybersecurity for the 44th Presidency, which released its recommendations on Monday in a 63-page report, said an executive White House office should be charged with cybercrime coordination.

An international team of computer security researchers demonstrated today a key weakness in the Internet infrastructure that could let hackers launch virtually undetectable attacks aimed at intercepting secured online communications when consumers visit bank and e-commerce Web sites.

By Brian Krebs washingtonpost.com Staff Writer

According to the Privacy Rights Clearinghouse, more than 234 million credit cards accounts have been compromised since 2005 and hundreds of millions millions more are at risk. Increasingly enterprises are relying on data encryption techniques as a countermeasure to prevent identity theft. To read more...

"Computer keyboards are often used to transmit sensitive information such as username/password (e.g. to log into computers, to do e-banking money transfer, etc.). A vulnerability on these devices will definitely kill the security of any computer or ATM."