Quantum computers could crack public-key encryption in as little as five years. Here's how to prepare for the post-quantum world.

Security researcher Benkøw has recently noticed that monetized installers pretending to be software cracks and key generators are now commonly installing password-stealing Trojans or remote ...

Microsoft is stepping up its antipiracy efforts by launching an upgrade to Windows 7 that determines whether the user's copy is pirated or a fake.

The U.S. Commerce Department has proposed banning key Chinese software and hardware in connected vehicles on American roads, citing national security concerns. What Happened: The proposed ...

As a founding member of redcrew.astalavista.ms (this site may be flagged by some antivirus software as malicious), Xylitol spent several years devising and releasing “cracks,” software patches ...

China's Public Security Bureau, acting with the FBI, have made a number of raids and arrests in the past couple of weeks with the aim of cracking an alleged software-counterfeiting ring. Microsoft ...