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 ...

Is More Hardware Malware Protection on the Way? Recently, Intel caused something of a stir in the Internet security community when it suggested that a forthcoming processor might squish malware, even ...

Over the past year, scammers have ramped up a new way to infect the computers of unsuspecting people. The increasingly common ...

Malwarebytes is best known for its free malware cleanup tool, but its full-featured antivirus software is also worth considering. Here, I compare it with Editors' Choice winner Bitdefender to show you ...

With viruses, ransomware, spyware, infostealers, and outright scams, online fraud has been a pervasive and growing problem. In the US, one in three people who reported fraud last year lost money, with ...

Your smartphone holds your entire life, making it a prime target for hackers and spies. Here's how to protect it.

The cloud's ability to store and seamlessly share vast amounts of information makes it integral to modern-day business operations. However, threat actors frequently target cloud storage accounts with ...

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 ...

There's been a spike in malware hitting Android phones, and the latest one, called BingoMod, might be the scariest yet. This malware can steal money from your accounts and then wipe your phone clean.