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Security researchers warn that old or expired Discord invites are being used in phishing attacks
By Andy Chalk published
news A vulnerability in Discord invites can be leveraged as part of a "multi-stage payload delivery" system.

This $6,000 professional grade direct transfer printer comes with plenty of viruses for no extra cost, unless it also steals your crypto
By Hope Corrigan published
News A backdoor and a clipbanker were found in the download software, and a potentially very harmful worm might be on the included USB for software installation.

Second Steam listing this year found hiding 'new and clever' malware. This time through a fake demo link on developer's website
By Hope Corrigan published
News Don't download dodgy demos. Domo.

A web3 free-to-play survival game found to be a front for installing malware on your PC has finally been removed from Steam
By James Bentley published
News Valve recommends considering "fully reformatting your operating system".

This USB flash drive has a built-in anti-malware system, but I still wouldn't use one I found in a parking lot
By Andy Edser published
News Buffalo's RUF2-KEV may look unassuming, but it's got enviable security credentials.

The FBI used self-destruct on malware infecting over 4,000 US computers, it's super effective
By Andy Edser published
News Expelliarmus! Wait, wrong franchise.

Hard to believe but Secure Boot BIOS security has been compromised on hundreds of PC models from big brands because firmware engineers used four-letter passwords
By Jeremy Laird published
News Critical encrypted file with mere four-character password to blame.

The CrowdStrike IT outage is pretty grim but let's hope it's not as bad as the infamous Dyn DDoS attack, Facebook mega-crash, and Rogers network disaster
By Nick Evanson published
news This one looks as bad as they come and there have been some truly massive IT problems in recent years.
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