Sophos reports STAC6565 targeting nearly 40 victims, with 80% of attacks hitting Canadian firms and involving QWCrypt ransomware.

Manufacturers are successfully blocking more ransomware before data gets encrypted, a positive shift. However, cybercriminals are now focusing on stealing data and demanding ransoms without encryption ...

The RansomHouse ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) has recently upgraded its encryptor, switching from a relatively simple single ...

The last decade-plus has seen a wealth of advancements designed to secure data at the microprocessor level, but a team of academic researchers recently punched through those defenses with a tiny ...

After attaching an embedded device to a network, you'll find that it requires a network adapter and a protocol stack. Connect that same device to the Internet, and it ...

Manufacturing companies are stopping more ransomware attacks before encryption occurs, but cybercriminals are responding by increasingly stealing data and resorting to extortion-only tactics, ...

Logan G. Harbaugh is a longtime technology journalist with experience reviewing a wide range of IT products. Every week, there are new reports of data breaches at organizations of every type.

When the IBM PC was new, I served as the president of the San Francisco PC User Group for three years. That’s how I met PCMag’s editorial team, who brought me on board in 1986. In the years since that ...

Personal Digital Assistants, or PDAs, have long been used as productivity tools in science-fiction movies; today they can be found everywhere from phones and smart speakers to watches and cars – often ...

Our phones help us keep in touch with people, manage our schedules, make payments, listen to music, work, store photos and videos, and more. For these reasons, losing or misplacing your phone can be a ...

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