It’s hard enough for non-technical users to deal with ransomware infections: understanding public-key cryptography, connecting to the Tor anonymity network and paying with Bitcoin cryptocurrency. A ...

CounterStrike gamers looking for an advantage over their competition might be in for a surprise this Christmas, as there's a booby-trapped cheat tool going around that will overwrite their hard drive ...

A new Thanos ransomware strain is trying and failing to deliver the ransom note onto compromised systems by overwriting the computers' Windows master boot record (MBR). The new Windows MBR locker ...

Okay, so I'm having a teensy bit of a problem (see this thread). As it is seeming less and less likely that I'm going to be able to transfer my stuff to my working drive in DOS, I'm looking toward ...

A new ransomware variant prevents infected computers from loading Windows by replacing their master boot record (MBR) and displays a message asking users for money, according to security researchers ...

A new ransomware variant prevents infected computers from loading Windows by replacing their master boot record (MBR) and displays a message asking users for money, according to security researchers ...

The latest rootkit in the wild hides on your hard drive's boot sector and is starting to infect Windows PCs, according to security researchers. And the real kicker: The rootkit can't be detected by ...