Malware

Mobile marketing and ad company Jesta Digital, which does business as Jamster, is in hot water for tricking users into believing their devices were virus infected, and then slapping on charges to their cell phone bills.

For more than a month, fraudsters have targeted gaming platform Steam by using man-in-the-browser style attacks, according to security firm Trusteer.

McAfee explores what cyber problems are trending in its second-quarter threat report.

Hacktivists known for targeting media outlets upped their game last week when they leveraged a third-party service to deface three major websites.

A new academic research report provides a glimpse into the thriving and organized market for these accounts.

Users who believe they are infected with the malicious extension should remove it, according to anti-virus firm Malwarebytes, which discovered the threat.

The scam operates similarly to past ransomware incidents, and users are advised to be on guard and never pay the online villains behind it.

Google, which introduced its bug bounty program three years ago, announced this week that it has doled out more than $2 million to vulnerability hunters.