For many years, Windows users had to rely on a third-party security tool to keep viruses and malware at bay, but now Microsoft's operating system comes with its own package, in the form of Windows ...

Do you know that malware can enter your PC through your USB drive? Yes, every time you connect a USB drive to your computer system, it is at risk of getting malware, and the reason could be the ...

Global cybercriminals make trillions of dollars each year. Much of their success comes from exploiting the mistakes that we make—by clicking on phishing links, forgetting to update critical software, ...

Internet security is a complex topic even for experts in the field, and for average people the terminology can be downright confusing. While you may not need to know every technical term out there, ...

Staying safe online doesn’t mean having to learn coding or anything exotic. Germany’s Federal Office for Information Security recently published a brochure entitled “Using the internet safely” that ...

Tech Support scammers are using a free utility called Lock My PC to lock users out of their PCs unless they pay the requested "support" fees. For years telephone scammers pretending to be from ...

PC maker Gateway revised its contract with computer security software firm Symantec to preinstall versions of Norton Internet Security 2005 for its Gateway and eMachines consumer desktop and notebooks ...

Rafe Needleman reviews mobile apps and products for fun, and picks startups apart when he gets bored. He has evaluated thousands of new companies, most of which have since gone out of business. After ...

My home city of San Francisco is a fairly safe place to live, but a few break-ins in my neighborhood had me contemplating some sort of home security system. After I heard friends talk about how ...