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How to Scan Files for Malware Before You Download Them

Before you download, open, or share files from the internet, you need to be sure they’re safe. And how do you do that? I simply use a file scanner to check for known threats like malware, viruses, and ...
Threat Post

Microsoft Help Files Disguise Vidar Malware

Attackers are hiding interesting malware in a boring place, hoping victims won’t bother to look. Where’s the last place you’d expect to find malware? In an email from your mother? Embedded in software ...
ZDNet

Hit by ransomware? Victims of these four types of file-encrypting malware can now retrieve their files for free

People who have fallen victim to FortuneCrypt, Yatron, WannaCryFake or Avest ransomware should now be able to retrieve their encrypted files without giving into the extortion demands of cyber ...
PC World

Beware! Malware distributors are switching to less suspicious file types

After aggressively using JavaScript email attachments to distribute malware for the past year, attackers are now switching to less suspicious file types to trick users. Last week, researchers from the ...
PC World

Malware can lurk in file conversion tools, FBI warns. Try these instead

Malware can take sneaky forms—including software that performs the job advertised. These seemingly legitimate apps and browser extensions behave like wolves in sheep’s clothing. Install one, and it ...
ZDNet

These file types are the ones most commonly used by hackers to hide their malware

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Network World

Malware distributors are switching to less suspicious file types

After aggressively using JavaScript email attachments to distribute malware for the past year, attackers are now switching to less suspicious file types to trick users. Last week, researchers from the ...