Marshall Gunnell

Published May 7, 2026, 3:30 PM EDT Marshall is a writer covering NAS, data storage, cybersecurity, AI, and general tech with over a decade of experience. His work has been featured in publications like ZDNet, Business Insider, Zapier, and many more, where he breaks down complex topics into clear, actionable insights. His work has been read over 100 million times. He now lives his life as an expat in Tokyo, where he works as a technical API writer and builds PINION, an online gaming media.

Your antivirus software does a lot more than sit in your system tray looking busy.

Antivirus software used to hunt for known malware, but now it’s predicting suspicious behavior before an attack fully lands.

Disabling my antivirus for a week taught me that the most important security tool you have isn't software.

The biggest threat to your phone isn't malware, it's how you conduct yourself online.

Commentary: Protecting your personal data often requires more time, energy and money than the average person might be able to invest.

Using antivirus software on every device you own made sense in the early days of personal computing, but modern smartphones are built to be pretty secure.

There’s still a long way to go before it’s a useful feature for most VPN users.

The answer is usually yes, right up until your bank and printer disagree.

A VPN feature that can help with certain tasks, such as online gaming, torrenting and running your own cloud server at home.