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KeyPass ransomware is infecting computers worldwide, encrypting almost everything in its path. And it all starts with downloading a seemingly innocuous installer.

Take a stroll through your apps and you’re bound to encounter some unfamiliar names. Where do those unaccounted-for apps on your PC come from, and are they safe?

How a sculpture from Japan is scaring WhatsApp users around the world, and how to protect children from such spooks on the Internet.

In this part, we consider mobile malware capable of causing real damage to smartphone and tablet users.

More than 400 manufacturing companies became phishing targets.

When I fell victim to sleight of hand and a little bit of fraud, Find My iPhone didn’t save me. Here’s why.

Fileless malware infects workstations and servers in corporate networks.

In this edition, Jeff and Dave discuss how a McDonald’s drive-thru was hacked, USB drama, and more.

The Rakhni encrypting ransomware, known since 2013, is now trying its hand at mining Monero.

It’s not Malevich’s Black Square. This is what a screenshot taken by a suspicious application on a computer protected by Kaspersky Lab products looks like.

No PIN on your phone? Pickpockets will thank you for that.

In part one of our mobile malware series, we cover infectious Android malware — adware, subscribers, and flooders — and how mobile viruses can damage your smartphone or tablet…

How tools designed to study and protect rare species can turn from gamekeeper to poacher.

Did you see that new fully loaded Android smartphone, the one that looks too good for the price? Well, it may include some unwanted extras.

Chrome browser extension steals users’ bank data.

How to avoid getting phished or otherwise duped on the eve of the 2018 World Cup in Russia.

How scammers are exploiting the GDPR fuss to extract personal data.

Here’s how scammers try to phish for verification codes — and what may happen if you send them one.

Do you follow the news? The news may also be following you. ZooPark spyware targets those partial to politics.

Plan a great vacation — and don’t take a phisher’s bait.

How Twitter’s “not-a-leak” made me realize that remembering passwords no longer works.