Think your encrypted backups are safe? AI-driven ransomware now infiltrates networks, corrupts recovery points, and silently ...

The agency still offers a Free File program that works with commercial tax software firms. Some companies also offer free tools for certain filers.

In 2026, the average Windows user manages more files than entire businesses did a decade ago. Work documents, personal photos, legal PDFs, tax folders, client projects, backups, downloads, scanned IDs ...

WASHINGTON, Jan. 9, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Taxpayers can get a head start on preparing their 2025 federal tax returns as the IRS Free File program is now available ahead of the official start of the tax ...

Add Decrypt as your preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Users say low-tech tricks—copy-pasting PDF text or adjusting image contrast—can reveal information hidden under blacked-out ...

A ransomware variant favored by a pro-Russia hacktivist group is back on the scene with a new version that has a fatal flaw — it keeps artifacts that allow victims to decrypt their files. VolkLocker ...

New research has uncovered exploitation primitives in the .NET Framework that could be leveraged against enterprise-grade applications to achieve remote code execution. WatchTowr Labs, which has ...

At first the software engineer did not succeed in making off with a trove of Santa Clara computer chip giant Intel’s trade secrets, but then he tried again. Jinfeng Luo, at Intel since 2014, had been ...

Over two dozen states incorporated the free tax software in 2025, but the IRS has decided to discontinue the program. Peter is a writer and editor for the CNET How-To team. He has been covering ...