The word 'virus' gets tossed around a lot. Here's what actually counts, what to watch for, and how to stay two clicks ahead ...

A computer worm is a type of malware that, once it infects a machine, can automatically copy and extend itself to connected devices.

It is estimated that 560,000 new pieces of malware are detected on a daily basis, and over 1 billion malware programs currently exist. Malware refers to several different types of malicious software ...

The JavaScript development community faced one of its most sophisticated supply chain attacks in September, when a ...

Discover the types of malware in 2025, from backdoors to ransomware, and learn which families hackers use most in real-world attacks.

Malware includes viruses, worms, adware, spyware, and ransomware — they all work differently but tend to cause similar ...

Considered the first major attack on the ‘Net, the Morris worm served as a wake-up call to the Internet engineering community about the risk of software bugs, and it set the stage for network security ...

Security researchers worldwide are warning about a supply-chain attack on the Node Package Manager (NPM), where a ...

Iranian backed groups like the Houthis in Yemen use Western cellphones to track merchant ships in the Red Sea. This is done by pinging ships for their GPS locations. Even on warships, where their ...

When an antivirus program sounds the alarm, it always triggers a moment of shock in the user. But the warning is not always ...

A Dune-inspired worm recently hit CrowdStrike and npm, infecting hundreds of packages. Here's what happened - and how to protect your code.