ransomware

Scammers and criminals may make current events their main course this year, as they take advantage of the news and turn it into potential scams.

It's not just people doing the work of cybercriminals, but also automated attacks, as bots from within the country look for ways to steal your information.

Our own personal security is paramount, but what about the security of the parts of our family that we look after and care for?

Try as you might, you won't get away from the scourge of cybercrime all that easily, but Australia's Crime Reporting program is going to try and lessen the blow with a bit of help from Kaspersky Labs.

Whether you’re on a PC, a Mac, or a smartphone, you’re at risk for getting caught by ransomware, and according the research, it’s happening to more and more Aussies. You’ve always known the online world could be a dangerous place, and between all the warnings of viruses, of malware, of...

It seems there’s no escape from the dangers of the web, as Kaspersky confirms malware is hunting practically everything. You’ve seen it on computers, on tablets, and even on phones, and as bad as malware like the ransomware affecting the world as Petya can get, it’s also not the end....

A big virus that you shouldn't get, Pandora goes dark, and even a dose of good news, too, with new phones aplenty. It's your EOFY Wrap, and it won’t cost you a thing.

It seems like there's a new form of malware every week, and right now, the big deal is Petya, a nasty little script. So what can you do to stay protected?

There was a time when not buying Windows meant not having security problems, but it seems times have changed.

It's the last day of Stay Smart Online week, and every day we've put on a tip that could do just that, helping you to stay smarter online. But what do the professionals advise overall?