Microsoft has invested heavily in increasing the security of Windows. The firewall, the automatically activated antivirus program, various security functions for protection against boot viruses and ...

El Capitan ships with a new OS X feature: System Integrity Protection (SIP), also known as “rootless” mode. This reduces the attack surface for malware that relies on modifying system files by ...

Researchers at Sophos Labs, which first detected Apple's silent upgrade, said that Apple updated its XProtect.plist, a file that contains basic signatures for various Mac threats, specifically to ...

RESEARCH TRIANGLE, N.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Today, Lenovo TM announced the introduction of ThinkShield Firmware Assurance as part of its portfolio of enterprise-grade cybersecurity solutions.

The Zephyr Project is an open-source project—an operating system that targets the low end of the Internet of Things (IoT). It can be run on small microcontrollers and higher-end ones alike. It also ...

In terms of security, the Mac OS is considered more secure than Windows will ever be, and that’s something that has to do with the mode in which the platform itself has been written, and maintained.

Apple has triggered another large set of operating system releases, of which iOS 17.3 is the most notable thanks to its inclusion of the highly anticipated Stolen Device Protection feature (see “Apple ...

Hackers are exploiting a serious zero-day vulnerability in the latest version of Apple's OS X so they can install adware applications without requiring victims to ...

Security researchers last year discovered what they described as ‘the worst Android vulnerability ever,’ able to infect a phone with malware simply by sending an MMS message to it. The vulnerability, ...

Macrovision, a company that specializes in copy protection and digital rights management (DRM) technologies, is releasing SafeDisc LT for Mac OS X and Mac OS 9. Plus, the company is porting all ...

Apple has released a slew of operating system updates, including iOS 17.3 with Stolen Device Protection and support for AirPlay to select hotel TVs, collaborative playlists in Apple Music, and more ...