In the years since that fateful meeting, I’ve become PCMag’s expert on security, privacy, and identity protection, putting antivirus tools, security suites, and all kinds of security software through ...

YouTube's Ghost Network spreads information-stealing malware through thousands of fake videos offering cracked software, ...

Zephin Livingston is a former staff reviewer at Forbes Advisor, specializing in testing and reviewing privacy and security software, like VPNs, antivirus software, password managers and more. Zephin ...

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 ...

The challenge for enterprises is no longer just to defend their networks, but to anticipate an adversary who is innovating at ...

For the first time security researchers have spotted a type of malicious software that overwrites update functions for other applications, which could pose additional long-term risks for users. The ...

A malware that infected tens of thousands of devices to mine and steal crypto has ended up bagging only about $6,000. Cybersecurity firm Doctor Web reported on Oct. 8 that it detected the malware ...

A new class of adaptive malware called PROMPTFLUX — capable of mutating its own code via LLMs - represents a major escalation ...

This article is part of our reviews of AI research papers, a series of posts that explore the latest findings in artificial intelligence. With their millions and billions of numerical parameters, deep ...

Measures the software's use of memory, boot-up time impact and tendency to slow computer operation during a scan. Firewall shows how well the software and its firewall stopped rogue connections to and ...

New approaches to recognizing signature-evading, polymorphic viruses, worms, and bots Server-side polymorphism is a challenging problem for anti-malware software vendors. Much of today's malware, such ...