Kim Komando reveals why AI-generated malware is beating free antivirus software, the dark web marketplace selling viruses for $100/month and the symptoms that mean your computer is already infected.

Security researchers uncover evidence that the Windows-based 'RenEngine loader' malware has infected around 30,000 users in ...

Ransomware attackers targeting a Fortune 100 company in the finance sector used a new malware strain, dubbed PDFSider, to deliver malicious payloads on Windows systems. The attackers employed social ...

Third-party registry cleaners will not speed up your Windows 11 PC. They can cause more harm than good.

A fake version of the popular 7-zip download is secretly hijacking home computers and using them to route criminal internet ...

Fake virus alerts are scams designed to make you panic and click on malicious links or download harmful software. Watch out for red flags like poor grammar, weird URLs, flashing warnings, and messages ...

Critical security flaws targeting Windows and Office users allow hackers to take complete control of a victim's computer by ...

Unlike traditional attacks that rely on exploits, this succeeds through social engineering combined with abuse of Windows' own security architecture. Image generated by Google Gemini A sophisticated ...

A new family of Android click-fraud trojans leverages TensorFlow machine learning models to automatically detect and interact with specific advertisement elements. The mechanism relies on visual ...

Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. Usually, whenever a new feature comes out for Windows, Microsoft advertises it widely in a blog post to let everyone know. Or if they don't, ...

Now that Windows 10 is no longer supported, it's become a more attractive target for hackers. That doesn't mean you need to upgrade right away—here's how to stay protected. When the IBM PC was new, I ...

Database Containing 149M Stolen Passwords From Gmail, Instagram, More Exposes Malware's Reach A security researcher uncovered an exposed online database that was stockpiling user information likely ...