The new Petya ransomware overwrites the master boot record (MBR) of the affected PCs, leaving their operating systems in an unbootable state, researchers from antivirus firm Trend Micro said in a ...

For the first time security researchers have spotted a type of malicious software that overwrites update functions for other applications, which could pose additional long-term risks for users.

A micropatch has been released today for a vulnerability in Windows that allows overwriting files, even system one, with arbitrary data. The bug was disclosed on December 27 by the security ...

A new piece of malware known as Shamoon that has the ability to destroy files on infected machines and overwrite the master boot record has researchers scratching their heads, wondering what the ...

CounterStrike gamers looking for an advantage over their competition might be in for a surprise this Christmas, as there's a booby-trapped cheat tool going around that will overwrite their hard ...

Overwrite is a free Windows software that overwrites data & metadata, as well as the empty space on your disk, so that the data becomes irretrievable. You see, the program uses -dirs and -data ...