Firewalls scan data sent to your computer for malware and attempt to block files or other data they deem suspicious. Like ...

Video game studios throw around the word "immersion" a lot, and it can mean different things. Many video games use mechanics and systems to "immerse" players, and draw them into an expansive or ...

I infected a humanoid robot with 100 real computer viruses. From fake Fortnite scams to ancient malware, each virus made it stronger, dumber, and somehow self-aware. Until the last one fought back.

Behind the fake accents and aggressive scripts, scammers depend on fragile tech. When this virus hits, their whole setup collapses in seconds. Connections drop, programs crash, and their scam empire ...

Nearly all adults carry Epstein–Barr virus—but new research reveals how it can hijack immune cells, sparking a chronic disease that attacks the body from within. This colorized transmission electron ...

Over 300,000 new types of ransomware and other malicious software are discovered daily, according to the IT security research institute AV-TEST. Computer viruses can slow your devices, create a slew ...

Windows intends to create an 'agentic' OS capable of being entirely AI and command-oriented, but this nascent version does come with inherent risks.

China's National Computer Virus Emergency Response Center (CVERC) on Sunday issued a technical analysis of the case in which the US government has seized vast amount of bitcoin and charged the owner - ...

The first reports of coronavirus — a group of viruses that includes COVID-19 and other diseases — go back to the 1930s.

Hackers exploited a critical vulnerability and the built-in antivirus feature in Gladinet's Triofox file-sharing and remote-access platform to achieve remote code execution with SYSTEM privileges. The ...

The United States may be heading into its second severe flu season in a row, driven by a mutated strain called subclade K that’s behind early surges in the United Kingdom, Canada and Japan. Now, with ...

Dianna Gunn built her first WordPress website in 2008. Since then, she's poured thousands of hours into understanding how websites and online businesses work. She's shared what she's learned on blogs ...