Microsoft hides file extensions in Windows by default even though it's a security risk that is commonly abused by phishing emails and malware distributors to trick people into opening malicious files.

Microsoft's Raymond Chen describes the string-matching heuristic behind the OS's system-file recovery.

A new strain of MacOS malware disguises itself as a Windows executable file to evade detection and embed itself on a system. But the malware authors aren't exactly in the cross-platform avant-garde: ...

Binding, and Silo-Binding techniques abuse Windows filesystem virtualization features to present trusted files to security ...

Bitdefender researchers show how Windows bind links can create conflicting filesystem views to hide malware from endpoint ...

Microsoft veteran Raymond Chen explains how Windows 95 used file names and paths to detect installer programs and protect ...

Windows 95 relied on surprisingly simple tricks to spot setup files, revealing an unexpected design choice behind its ...

Gonna use this article for reference when someone tells me that Macs are immune to malware. It's a surprisingly common sentiment. I'd have to agree with ars-user563467's comment above; the title is a ...