Firewalls scan data sent to your computer for malware and attempt to block files or other data they deem suspicious. Like ...

It may be a new year, but an old scam is making the rounds of online computer users. The FBI recently issued a warning about a computer scam that starts on the telephone: You get a call from someone ...

A new computer virus, first detected on Thursday, is already making its way around the globe, infecting computers at major corporations and government agencies as well as home users. A new virus ...

What began as a ninth-grade prank has earned Rich Skrenta notoriety as the first person ever to let loose a personal computer virus. Although over the next 25 years, Skrenta started the online news ...

A tech support rep calls and offers to fix a computer bug you haven't even noticed, or a pop-up warning appears on the screen, instructing you to dial a number for help. In this con, scammers pose as ...

Researchers at Black Hat conference speculate that human and computer viruses could converge in the future and could interest bioterrorists Computer hackers could create malicious software that ...

A cybersecurity firm said it detected the virus during a threat-hunting exercise, though it called it the “work of an inventive but relatively inexperienced developer” that has been mostly confined.

A computer virus that exploits the same vulnerability as the global “ransomware” attack has latched on to more than 200,000 computers and begun manufacturing digital currency, experts said Tuesday.

Oil and energy firms are being targeted by a destructive virus say security researchers Computer systems at energy firm RasGas have been taken offline by a computer virus only days after a similar ...