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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.

A Windows XP machine's life expectancy in 2024 seems to be about 10 minutes before even just an idle net connection renders it a trojan-riddled zombie PC
By Jeremy Laird published
news That's all without clicking a single hot link.

Bots now account for half of global internet traffic and 'bad bots' nearly one third
By Jeremy Laird published
news It's probably too late to reprogram all those T-800s.

MalwareBytes recommends using USB condoms with USB vibrators to avoid nasty infections
By Chris Szewczyk published
News The birds and the bees and the vibrators.
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