Paul Wagenseil

A corrupted version of a legitimate Mac app has been been spotted online, luring in potential victims with poisoned search-engine results.

Nearly 470 Android apps in Google Play were part of an ongoing 'fleeceware' campaign that has stolen perhaps hundreds of millions of dollars around the world, researchers said.

Apple has built privacy protections into its AirTag trackers, but they seem to apply only to people using fully updated iPhones.

The mobile-advertising industry uses location data to figure out where you are. Here's how to limit what's collected.

Two different strains of Android banking Trojans have recently shown up in the official Google Play app store, and one was still there when we wrote this.

At least eight malicious Android apps snuck into the Google Play store by pretending to communicate only with Google servers.

Hackers could wirelessly unlock the doors of more than 100 million Volkswagens, Audis, Fords, Nissans and Chevrolets made since 1995.

At least 10 different women across the U.S. have reported being stalked by Apple AirTags since mid-December. Here's what to do if you think someone else's AirTag is tracking you.

Several incidents of Apple AirTags possibly being used to stalk women have shown up online lately. Here's what to do if you detect a rogue AirTag.

Google patched the Chrome browser to fix a security flaw likely already used in attacks, along with four other serious vulnerabilities.

For the second time in a week, Google pushed out a patch for Chrome on the desktop to fix flaws being exploited by hackers in the wild.

Deepfake technology is getting so good that it will become commonplace in phishing scams, an expert said at the Black Hat security conference.

Cybercrime will be run by intelligent robots by the year 2030, two expert said at the RSA Conference.

A SMS-based phishing campaign is making the rounds, promising a free iPhone if you just supply your credit-card number, username and password.

The FluBot Android banking Trojan is trying a new approach, telling you that your phone has been infected with FluBot and you need to install a bogus 'security update.'

Home Depot Black Friday deals are live, a week ahead of Thanksgiving. Here are today's best deals.

Kaspersky and IBM researchers have seen at least two malware-distribution campaigns that use fear of the Wuhan coronavirus to get people to open booby-trapped files.

A serious security flaw in the Kwikset Halo smart-lock app was found by Bitdefender researchers, then quickly fixed. Here's what you need to do.

Don't believe all the exaggerated claims that VPNs make about protecting your privacy and security, experts say.

Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge and Brave have all released fixes to patch one very serious zero-day flaw that's actively being exploited by hackers. Here's how to update your browsers.

A 16-year-old living with his mother near Oxford, England may be one of the leaders of the Lapsus$ hacker crew that has stolen data from Microsoft, Nvidia, Samsung, Ubisoft and other companies.

Microsoft admitted that the Lapsus$ hacking crew broke into its systems and took source code, but insists that no real damage was done.

The Lapsus$ hacking crew said it had stolen 37 GB of source code from Microsoft, but it still wasn't clear if that claim was true or what the source code could be used for.

A malicious Android app called Craftsart Cartoon Photo Tools aims to steal your Facebook password, but it's now been removed from Google Play. Here's how to make sure you don't have it installed.