If you’ve ever wondered how to be sure some crook can’t steal the information stored on your personal computer when you get rid of it, federal officials recommend “pounding with a hammer.” The idea is ...

Internet security experts are warning that a new programming flaw known as the "Bash Bug" may pose a serious threat to millions of computers and other devices such as home Internet routers. Even the ...

On the surface, the critical “Shellshock” bug revealed this week sounds devastating. By exploiting a bug in the Bash shell command line tool found in Unix-based systems, attackers can run code on your ...

A bug in the Bash software used to control the command prompt in many Unix computers could be a bigger threat than the Heartbleed OpenSSL bug, security experts have warned. They have urged any ...

A new, devastating bug could be waging war on your computer. The U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s cybersecurity team issued a warning against the Shellshock bug Wednesday. Shellshock — rated a ...

The US government and technology experts warned Thursday of a vulnerability in some computer-operating systems, including Apple's Mac OS, which could allow widespread and serious attacks by hackers.