FF AdBlock Protection is a Firefox addon that will display advertisements in search result pages and web sites that you visit. When installed, FF AdBlock Protection injects a javascript script into ...

Malwarebytes, a global leader in online protection, shared new research showcasing a dramatic uptick in threats targeting Android users as the mobile channel becomes a prime vector for financial scams ...

The Google Play Store is not the impregnable fortress that Google wants people to believe it is. Sometimes, malware slips through. Most of the security reports you'll read about malware making it on ...

This is a guest post by Malwarebytes security researcher Pieter Arntz who takes a look back at the early 2000s when he was not employed in the cybersecurity industry but was part of a group of expert ...

When the IBM PC was new, I served as the president of the San Francisco PC User Group for three years. That’s how I met PCMag’s editorial team, who brought me on board in 1986. In the years since that ...

Adware targeted at devices running Google’s Android operating system has increased 61 percent globally, security software maker Bitdefender says. Adware used to gather everything from address book ...

Starting July 1, developers of adware for Windows will have to contend with new Microsoft-imposed rules aimed at making it easier for people to stop bothersome ads. In announcing the changes, ...

More than 60,000 malicious Android apps targeted global users worldwide for more than six months with adware disguised as fake security software, game cracks, cheats, VPN software, the Netflix ...

Every day, there are 100,000 new variants of malware detected around the world, according to security expert Graham Clulely, writing for We Live Security. ‘Adware’, software which delivers unwanted ...