Check if a file is really a file, whether a string contains anything, and whether you can run a program with these vital patterns.

Ransomware was the largest threat to U.S. critical infrastructure in 2024, with complaints rising 9% from 2023.

The Trump administration pulled the plug on IRS Direct File, a pilot program allowing taxpayers to file federal tax returns for free. But there are still many no-cost filing options available, ...

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The release of files, videos and photographs from the federal inquiry into Jeffrey Epstein is the largest to date, and the final one planned by the Justice Department. Times reporters are sifting ...

Prime Minister Mark Carney this week announced a boost in the GST tax credit to help Canadians with affordability. With its name being changed to the “Canada Groceries and Essentials Benefit,” the ...

When Microsoft patched a vulnerability last summer that allowed threat actors to use Windows’ shortcut (.lnk) files in exploits, defenders might have hoped use of this tactic would decline. They were ...

Peter Attia was friendly with Jeffrey Epstein several years after the financier was first exposed as a child sex offender. Reporter A contributor brought in to the now Donald Trump–friendly CBS News ...

By putting conflicting metadata in LNK files, a researcher found four new ways to spoof targets, hide arguments, and run unintended programs in Windows Explorer.

Norway’s crown princess, whose son goes on trial on Tuesday on rape charges, has found herself embroiled in another scandal after newly unsealed files revealed her unexpected friendship with late US ...

Microsoft has fixed a "remote code execution" vulnerability in Windows 11 Notepad that allowed attackers to execute local or ...