Apple has a three-layer system for protecting Macs against malware. First, it seeks to prevent installation of malware. It does this by vetting apps in the Mac App Store, and using Gatekeeper with ...

One of your Mac's built-in malware detection tools may not be working quite as well as you think. At the Defcon hacker conference in Las Vegas, longtime Mac security researcher Patrick Wardle ...

Trend Micro security experts have warned users today about a new type of Android malware that infects devices and untetheredly mines Monero in the phone's background until the battery is exhausted or ...

Expert Consumers has recognized Webroot as the leading tool for real-time malware defense in its 2025 malware scanner evaluation. The recognition comes as cybersecurity threats continue to escalate in ...

Simply clicking on the wrong link or downloading a third-party app from unverified sources can invite malware onto your smartphone. Here are a few tips on how to identify malware and remove it.

As technology has grown increasingly complex and intertwined with almost every aspect of our daily lives, cybersecurity has perhaps never been more of a concern than it is today. And while computers ...

When Windows Update downloads patches to a PC, it relies on a service called the Background Intelligent Transfer Service, or BITS. In a nutshell, BITS asynchronously downloads updates from Microsoft's ...