Jake Peterson is Lifehacker’s Tech Editor, and has been covering tech news and how-tos for nearly a decade. His team covers all things technology, including AI, smartphones, computers, game consoles, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A malware originating from China has now been contained after the FBI gained a court order to have the harmful code deleted from ...

Jake Peterson is Lifehacker’s Tech Editor, and has been covering tech news and how-tos for nearly a decade. His team covers all things technology, including AI, smartphones, computers, game consoles, ...

Mobile viruses are not discussed as frequently as computer viruses. As a matter of fact, many internet users will even argue about their existence. In comparison, malware is more common for phones.

Smartphones can be easy targets for cyber criminals looking to steal personal information. Android owners, in particular, should watch out as these devices have an even higher risk of attack than iOS ...

Over the years, iOS devices have been resistant to malicious software, but are they entirely safe? It turns out that even though Apple regularly checks apps submitted by developers and provides ...

Gone are the days when ransomware groups operated by launching mass email spam campaigns in the hopes of infecting random users across the internet. Today, ransomware operators have evolved from a ...

We frequently write about Android malware smuggled onto the Google Play Store in the form of what appear to be legitimate apps. However, the Play Store isn’t the only Google-run app store with a ...

Studies performed by the team at Elastic Security Labs have shown that only 6.2% of malware apps find their way onto Apple macOS devices. A PC is still more easily targeted with successful malware ...

WHEN IT COMES TO SCAMS IN THIS DIGITAL AGE, MALWARE OR MALICIOUS SOFTWARE IS ONE OF THE WAYS THAT BAD AGENTS CAN STEAL YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION OR CAUSE DAMAGE TO YOUR ELECTRONIC DEVICES. PHONES, ...