Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Davey Winder is a veteran cybersecurity writer, hacker and analyst. Update, July 11, 2025: This story, originally published on ...

A disgruntled researcher released a second zero-day Windows Defender exploit, dubbed RedSun, shortly after Microsoft patched ...

Don't miss out on our latest stories. Add PCMag as a preferred source on Google. A hacker has managed to infect over a dozen widely used software packages with a crypto-looting malware after ...

A hacker has compromised a little-known, but popular 2.4MB software package that's downloaded over 100 million times per week and is widely used across apps. The IT security community is sounding the ...

A hacker responsible for a breach that put the personal data of thousands of New Hampshire students and teachers at risk is a ...

Anthropic announced this week that its new model found security flaws in "every major operating system and web browser." Even ...

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In the near future one hacker may be able to unleash 20 zero-day attacks on different systems across the world all at once. Polymorphic malware could rampage across a codebase, using a bespoke ...

We tend to think using our PCs is the most harmless thing on the planet — that when we’re alone, it’s just ourselves and our thoughts for company. But the terrifying truth is that our PC’s webcam can ...