The Hacker News - Cybersecurity News and Analysis: Antivirus

Cybersecurity researchers have spotted a new variant of the Snatch ransomware that first reboots infected Windows computers into Safe Mode...

If your Firefox or Chrome browser has any of the below-listed four extensions offered by Avast and its subsidiary AVG installed, you shoul...

ZoneAlarm, an internet security software company owned by Israeli cybersecurity firm Check Point Technologies, has suffered a data breach ...

Do you always uncomfortable trusting companies with your data? If so, you're not alone. While companies do much to protect themselve...

There has been no shortage of massive security breaches so far this year. Just last July, Capital One disclosed that it was hit by a brea...

Doing business in today's connected world means dealing with a continually evolving threat landscape. With potential losses due to ...

An Iran-linked cyber-espionage group that has been found targeting critical infrastructure , energy and military sectors in Saudi Arabia and...

Brace yourself guys. Microsoft is going to release its Windows Defender ATP antivirus software for Mac computers. Sounds crazy, right?...

Microsoft Windows built-in anti-malware tool, Windows Defender, has become the very first antivirus software to have the ability to run in...

A Latvian hacker behind the development and operation of counter antivirus service "Scan4You" has finally been sentenced to 14 y...

A team of security researchers has discovered a new malware evasion technique that could help malware authors defeat most of the modern a...

To improve performance and reduce crashes caused by third-party software on Windows, Google Chrome, by mid-2018, will no longer allow out...

Guess what's more expensive than counterfeit United States passports, stolen credit cards and even guns on the dark web? It's d...

An anti-malware detection service provider and premium security firm has been accused of leaking terabytes of confidential data from seve...

Microsoft is making every effort to make its Windows operating system more secure and advanced than ever before by beefing up its securit...

Russian antivirus vendor Kaspersky Lab is so upset with US software giant Microsoft that the security firm has filed more antitrust complain...

Microsoft's own antivirus software made Windows 7, 8.1, RT and 10 computers, as well as Windows Server 2016 more vulnerable. Micros...