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Russian hacker faces up to 20 years in prison, following extradition and indictment over US phishing campaign that allegedly infected 80,000 PCs
By Etiido Uko Published
Russian national faces US charges over a phishing campaign that allegedly infected 80,000 PCs and stole credentials and personal data

Fake GTA VI ISO circulates on the internet a few days after leak, internet sleuths claim 113GB download is padded malware
By Jowi Morales Published
Beware downloading unreleased pirated games folks.

Geekom admits to shipping malware-laced network drivers for AMD mini PCs
By Bruno Ferreira Published
Geekom admits to shipping malware-laced network drivers for AMD mini-PCs — maker requests takedown of report on the situation

Hades malware campaign tricks AI scanners with fake nuclear weapon prompts
By Bruno Ferreira Last updated
Hades malware campaign now tricks AI bots into not scanning development packages, as prompts for bio- and nuclear weapons trigger failsafe mechanisms.

Microsoft warns GPU mining malware spread to users through SEO poisoning and AI chatbots
By Etiido Uko Published
Malware avoids detention by monitoring GPU usage and shutting down during heavy activity

Compromised Mistral AI and TanStack packages may have exposed GitHub, cloud and CI/CD credentials in 'mini Shai Hulud' malware infection
By Etiido Uko Published
The malware reportedly refused to run on Russian-language systems but could execute a destructive payload under certain geographic conditions.

Decades-old pre-Stuxnet cyber sabotage tool breaks cover, NSA listed it as 'nothing to see here'
By Mark Tyson Published
Security researchers have uncovered a cyber-sabotage platform that targeted software used for major civil engineering projects and predates Stuxnet by at least half a decade.

The Chernobyl virus turned 27 today, and it could brick your PC in ways that modern malware can't
By Luke James Published
27 years ago today, on April 26, 1999, a 1 KB virus called CIH detonated its payload on hundreds of thousands of Windows 9x machines worldwide.
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