When the IBM PC was new, I served as the president of the San Francisco PC User Group for three years. That’s how I met PCMag’s editorial team, who brought me on board in 1986. In the years since that ...

For the first time security researchers have spotted a type of malicious software that overwrites update functions for other applications, which could pose additional long-term risks for users. The ...

Google Cloud’s Mandiant has identified a new North Korea-linked malware campaign targeting crypto companies, developers, and ...

Open source malware surged 73% in 2025, with npm as a key target with rising risks in software supply chains and developer environments.

Macworld For years it’s been generally accepted that Macs have been much safer than PCs when it comes to malware and virus ...

NordVPN Stopped Most Phishing Emails in Third-Party Testing, Study Says ...

Back in 2023, we asked anti-virus expert Andreas Marx of AV-Test how so many infections escape antivirus software, even though it actually protects well. His answer: “Many programs successfully fend ...

• Always use licensed software, and keep all software on every system up to date with the latest critical patches. • Scan all systems regularly to ensure they are virus-, Trojan-, and ...

New approaches to recognizing signature-evading, polymorphic viruses, worms, and bots Server-side polymorphism is a challenging problem for anti-malware software vendors. Much of today's malware, such ...

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