Most modern Windows PCs rely on Microsoft Defender as their first line of defense against malware. Over the years, it has evolved into a capable and often underrated antivirus that blocks a wide range ...
It might seem as if threat actors have been more heavily targeting mobile users lately with malware and exploits, but it doesn’t mean desktop users can drop their guard. Researchers at ESET have ...
Critics of spyware and exploit sellers have long warned that the advanced hacking sold by commercial surveillance vendors (CSVs) represents a worldwide danger because they inevitably find their way ...
A Microsoft zero-day vulnerability that allows an unprivileged user to crash the Windows Remote Access Connection Manager (RasMan) service now has a free, unofficial patch - with no word as to when ...
Windows 10 is no longer going to receive free security updates in the future, but that doesn't mean you have to update to ...
Microsoft patches six Windows zero-days. Across January and February combined, Windows users had already been exposed to a total of five so-called zero-day exploits where attackers had already struck ...
The no-click exploit launched in October infected computers in Europe and North America with the RomCom backdoor when victims were redirected through attacker-controlled websites. A Russia-aligned ...
Google says it has evidence that Russian government hackers are using exploits that are “identical or strikingly similar” to those previously made by spyware makers Intellexa and NSO Group. In a blog ...
While the total volume of attacks has seen an unprecedented increase, the speed of these attacks is the defining metric. The ...
Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Davey Winder is a veteran cybersecurity writer, hacker and analyst. Update, May 15, 2025: This story, originally published May 14, ...
The Russian state-sponsored APT29 hacking group has been observed using the same iOS and Android exploits created by commercial spyware vendors in a series of cyberattacks between November 2023 and ...