Embedded devices – from ATMs and point-of-sale systems to computerised medical equipment – which offer quick rewards through both direct financial gain and access to valuable sensitive data – have ...

Linux users have a new desktop antivirus option, albeit from an unlikely source: Kaspersky. The Russian cybersecurity company, whose software is banned in the USA and restricted in government use by ...

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 ...

Antivirus software, the first versions of which appeared in the 1970s, has evolved. Traditional antivirus tools were built to spot malicious code or known signatures. They uncovered malware, stopped ...

Over 300,000 new types of ransomware and other malicious software are discovered daily, according to the IT security research institute AV-TEST. Computer viruses can slow your devices, create a slew ...

The Python Software Foundation has rejected a $1.5 million government grant because of anti-DEI requirements imposed by the Trump administration, the nonprofit said in a blog post yesterday. The grant ...

Destroying my gaming PC even further with viruses. It hurts but I kinda like it. Notavirus.exe is totally not a virus. Someone, somewhere, out in the middle of nowhere, is thinking ""Wow, some idiot ...

If you use a Windows laptop in 2025, chances are you store important files on it: work documents, school projects, bank details, or personal photos. Unfortunately, the more connected we are, the more ...

Marshall Gunnell is a Tokyo-based tech journalist and editor with over a decade of experience covering IT, cybersecurity and data storage. Alongside CNET, his work has appeared in ZDNET, Business ...

Australia’s Department of Home Affairs has issued a decisive directive prohibiting government agencies from utilizing Kaspersky products or web services on official systems and devices. Citing ...

(NEXSTAR) – Millions of American consumers who bought antivirus software from Avast may be eligible to receive a portion of a $16.5 million settlement, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced ...