If you suspect you've been hacked, it's crucial to act fast and secure your devices and accounts to avoid further losses. Here's what you should do next.

Preventing of the consequence of cracked or pirated software focuses on user awareness training to recognize the threat.

The Arkanix Stealer malware can collect and exfiltrate system information, browser data, VPN information, and arbitrary files ...

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 ...

Contrary to popular belief, Macs are not immune to trojans and viruses. In the last couple of years, there’s been a significant uptick in the number, variety and sophistication of malware targeting ...

When you visit a webpage, you might see a CAPTCHA to make sure you’re a real person and not a bot. These usually involve jumbled words, some recognizable images or just a box that says, "I am not a ...

Scareware is a type of scam that sees pop-ups appear on your phone, tablet or computer screen, saying that your device has ...

A Twitter worm is using the widely popular micro-blogging site to spread antivirus malware. The social networking powerhouse said it is working to thwart the spread of the malware, which is permeating ...

Watch what you type. The real 7-Zip uses a .org domain, but a .com version is distributing a Trojan, according to antivirus ...

Jeff Werner is a software engineer and has been writing this column since 2007. Question: Recently I have been getting annoying McAfee pop ups. How can I stop them ...

If you think that the latest security suites afford complete protection against malware attacks, think again. Today’s for-profit malware pushers use dedicated test labs and other increasingly ...