In the field of computer technology, some topics are so frequently and fiercely disputed that they almost resemble religious feuds — Mac vs. PC, for instance, or open source vs. proprietary software.

A new campaign is spreading the LimeRAT Remote Access Trojan by harnessing an old encryption technique in Excel files. In addition, the modular Trojan can spread through connected USB drives, ...

Microsoft has helpfully provided a real-world example showing why mandating "back doors" so that authorities can bypass encryption to access digital data is a very bad idea. The fact that this example ...