What began as a ninth-grade prank has earned Rich Skrenta notoriety as the first person ever to let loose a personal computer virus. Although over the next 25 years, Skrenta started the online news ...

It may be a new year, but an old scam is making the rounds of online computer users. The FBI recently issued a warning about a computer scam that starts on the telephone: You get a call from someone ...

A new computer virus, first detected on Thursday, is already making its way around the globe, infecting computers at major corporations and government agencies as well as home users. A new virus ...

A computer virus that exploits the same vulnerability as the global “ransomware” attack has latched on to more than 200,000 computers and begun manufacturing digital currency, experts said Tuesday.

Online investigators say malicious software and computer code could be lurking on computers before the bubble wrap even comes off You can save this article by registering for free here. Or sign-in if ...

“Antivirus companies scrambled to protect their customers against a new computer virus, dubbed ‘Goner,’ which surfaced Tuesday, deleting system files and clogging networks across the globe,” says a ...

Tim Hortons's business has been disrupted in the past week by a cash-register computer virus that has affected hundreds of its restaurants across the country and forced some to close intermittently or ...