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Meet Marcin Kleczynski, who was 14 when a computer virus led him to start a side hustle; how did he turn it into a multi-hundred-million-dollar company?Marcin Kleczynski was not initially an experienced professional programmer. He taught himself coding using online communities and programmi...
Canadian AI lab Cohere moves to buy AI cybersecurity startup AISLECohere has taken a significant step in the cybersecurity arena by signing a letter of intent to acquire AISLE, an AI-driven startup focused...
How one email cost a 77-year-old retiree $390,000 and his retirement plansJeffrey Maas, a 77-year-old retiree, lost his life savings after falling for a scam. He received a fake email about an antivirus charge tha...
Five breaches by AI agents over the past yearAs the rush to deploy newer AI agents races ahead of itself, due diligence is diluted and oversight slackens, resulting in an increased num...
Psychology says people who use only free version of antivirus aren't careless: What this choice may reveal?Psychology says people who use only free version of antivirus aren't always ignoring online safety. Their choice can reflect how they evalu...
Avast to pay $16.5 million to antivirus software users: How to claim, deadline, and other detailsAvast will compensate $16.5 million to antivirus users following an FTC settlement for misleading customers on privacy claims. Avast's subs...
What to do if your computer has been hacked? 7 warning signs that can help youThere are some early-on warning signs that can prevent your computer from getting hacked, and even if it is, there are certain ways you can...
US slaps sanctions on leaders of Russia software firm Kaspersky LabUS imposes sanctions on Kaspersky Lab leaders, bans antivirus sales, citing national security risks and Russian government control.
This Trojan banking malware bypasses fingerprint, unlocks and steals your PIN. How to protect your device?The trojan malware Chameleon can mimic legitimate apps and trick users into granting it permissions. Once it has access to any device, it c...
John McAfee dies by suicide in Spanish prison, hours after he was granted extraditionKnown for his eccentric behaviour and videos, John McAfee, 75, was a pioneer of antivirus software and indicted in Tennessee, US, on tax ev...
Antivirus software pioneer McAfee charged by US with cryptocurrency fraudMcAfee and his bodyguard Jimmy Gale Watson Jr were charged for a scheme to exploit McAfee's large Twitter following by publicly touting cry...
Software company founder John McAfee charged with tax evasionA June indictment charging McAfee with tax evasion and willful failure to file tax returns was unsealed in federal court in Memphis on Mond...
Beware! The spy is right in your pocketFull of sensors, trackers, nasty apps and security vulnerabilities, your smartphone has all the ingredients to become a pocket-sized privac...
NaMo anti-virus software to protect PCs for freeThe company plans to launch advanced versions of the software as well as those for Apple's Mac PCs. The current software will also get regu...
- Spend less on antivirus software, more on policing: Study
The cost of protecting ourselves against cybercrime can far exceed the cost of the threat itself, said a study.
- 'Computer worm targetting Windows operating system detected'
A computer worm is a standalone malware computer programme that replicates itself in order to spread to other computers.
- McAfee antivirus program goes berserk, freezes PCs
Computers around the world got stuck repeatedly rebooting themselves after an antivirus program identified a normal Windows file as a virus...
- Scareware menace on the rise as more users log in
Rogue security software or ‘scareware’ pretends to be a legitimate one, provide little or no value and may even install malicious code.
- Guard against fake antivirus software! Free malware killer
For users seeking to quarantine their computers by using antivirus software made available online, fake antivirus (FAV) is a growing and in...
- How a denial-of-service attack works
The bad guys' main weapons in such an attack are "botnets," or networks of "zombie" personal computers they've infected with a virus.