Malware frames victims by emailing out death threats

At least three individuals arrested for making online death threats in Japan will not be prosecuted. That's because they didn't actually...

Report: US likely created computer viruses for espionage, warfare

BOSTON (Reuters) - Researchers have found evidence suggesting that the United States may have developed three previously unknown computer...

Symantec software update makes customers' PCs inoperable

An update to Symantec's anti-virus software caused Windows PCs to crash, making machines inoperable until the machines were serviced,...

Mac Flashback malware stole money from Google

We know know who the Mac Flashback malware infection hurt the most: Google. Symantec researchers dug into the code of the Flashback...

What if a virus infected a virus? 'Frankenware' spotted by security firm

What if two computer viruses got together on your computer and had a baby?  It does happen, says security firm BitDefender, and the...