Cybersecurity architect and adjunct professor at NC State University Jeff Crume joins WIRED to answer the internet's burning questions about the history of hacking. What was the first computer virus?

The program is a free text and code editor that's been downloaded millions of times. The compromise began in June and is ...

A man in a black hoodie wearing a Guy Fawkes mask sits in a dark room, face lit up forebodingly by his laptop screen. He ...

Fake virus alerts are scams designed to make you panic and click on malicious links or download harmful software. Watch out for red flags like poor grammar, weird URLs, flashing warnings, and messages ...

How do hackers get access to your computer? Hackers have many tricks up their sleeves. Viruses and malicious software, aka malware, make the most of security gaps, but something called social ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Hackers are a busy bunch, with more than 300 million computers hacked every year — and there's a dizzying range of ways in which a ...

A Lithuanian national has been arrested for his alleged involvement in infecting 2.8 million systems with clipboard-stealing malware disguised as the KMSAuto tool for illegally activating Windows and ...

Antivirus software is not free of errors and sometimes reports computer viruses where there are none. For this reason, the company Procolored, a manufacturer of textile printers, indignantly defended ...

It's important to know the signs of a virus, so that you can act quickly to get rid of any malware and stay safe in future. A virus is a type of malicious software, or malware, that can replicate ...