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Dumb Apex Legends and Counter-Strike Players Get Their Info Stolen By Their Cheating Programs

B. Simmons August 13, 2019

Well, there’s some karma for you. It turns out you really shoudn’t have used those cheats you found on a random, unsecured website. Because according to security firm Sophos, hundreds of Apex Legends and...

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Malware-Laden Laptop Sells For $1.3 Milion At Auction

B. Simmons May 29, 2019

Modern art, right? Normally, the last thing you’d want on a laptop (or any computer, really) would be malware. But one laptop filled with the stuff just sold at auction for $1.3 million because...

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You Should Update EA’s Origin Client ASAP

B. Simmons April 17, 2019

Oh boy, is it not a good thing. EA hasn’t exactly had a great year. And considering that, well things fall through the cracks. Which is mostly why it might be a good idea...

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19-Year-Old WinRAR Bug Being Used To Install Malware

B. Simmons March 16, 2019

You won malware! WinRAR, the file archive program, has been around for a long time. And, recently, a bug that’s been there all along has not only been found, but exploited to install malware...

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Civil Servant’s Porn Addiction Fills Government Network With Malware

B. Simmons October 30, 2018

There’s one in every group. Investigators have found that a U.S. civil servant’s love of porn has filled a government network with malware. An audit carried out by the U.S. Department of the Interior’s...

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Flight Simulator Expansion Comes with Password Stealing Malware

B. Simmons February 19, 2018

It masquerades as DRM. The whole DRM thing has become an absolute battlefield over the years. Developers and publishers have, on more than one occasion, hobbled their games with it, truly punishing only their...

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Russian Malware Link in Comment on Britney Spears’ Instagram

B. Simmons June 8, 2017

Malware can lurk pretty much anywhere. Including Instagram comments, apparently. And in this case, in the comment section for a post by Britney Spears. In a report by Slovak IT security company ESET Security,...