It's important to know the signs of a virus, so that you can act quickly to get rid of any malware and stay safe in future. A virus is a type of malicious software, or malware, that can replicate ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Ever hear the phrase “spread like a virus”? We quite literally witnessed it the past few years. Like biological viruses, computer ...

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A man uses a laptop at a coffee shop in downtown Hanoi. - AFP A man uses a laptop at a coffee shop in downtown Hanoi. - AFP In 2022, there were over 1.3 billion malware programmes in existence and 10 ...

Eugene, Ore.-based Lane Community College notified 2,500 patients of potentially compromised health information, including names, addresses, dates of birth, diagnoses and Social Security numbers, ...

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 ...

NEW computer virus is about to wreak havoc in the corporate world. Called the "drive-by" virus - because it attacks without warning - it is by far the worst security threat companies have faced, ...

Rather than amateurs working out of their parents' basement, malware creators are often part of an underworld of criminal gang, or working directly for a foreign government or intelligence agency.

A computer virus that demands a ransom -- and claims to be from the F.B.I -- has tech experts on high alert. It goes by many names, ransom ware, F.B.I money pac, extortion ware, but the end result is ...