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There's a devious hacking scheme that involves a hijacked Microsoft Teams account, a fake IT helpdesk, and a covert infection tool
By James Bentley published
News IT's a pretty bad one.

Hackers are using fake job interviews to load applicants' PCs with a password-stealing Trojan
By James Bentley published
News No job and a new virus. What a nightmare.

Canonical, the company that makes Ubuntu Linux, says its web infrastructure is under a 'sustained, cross-border attack'
By Jacob Fox last updated
News A whole range of Ubuntu sites and services seem to be affected.

State cybersecurity agencies around the world are advising extra care over home routers as they could be used in 'China-nexus' covert networks
By Jacob Fox published
News Though at least one security company thinks there are more important measures to take than those CISA suggests.

Security researchers hacked the demo version of the European Commission's new age verification app in less than two minutes
By Jess Kinghorn published
News Still a far cry from 'actually ready'.

A 17-year-old Excel vulnerability is currently being exploited by threat actors, and it's been flagged by the US' cyber defence agency
By James Bentley published
News The little exploit that could.

Cybersecurity experts raise the alarm over Windows Recall again: 'The vault door is titanium. The wall next to it is drywall'
By Jess Kinghorn published
News Hacking tool supposedly creates "precisely the scenario Microsoft’s architecture is supposed to restrict."

CPUID's download page has been hacked, with its popular processor and PC info tools replaced with links to files containing malware (Update: Fixed)
By Nick Evanson last updated
News Staff at CPUID have reportedly fixed the issue now.
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