I often get emails from people asking if it’s safe to download executable programs from peer-to-peer filesharing networks. I always answer with an emphatic “NO!,” and the warning that pirated software ...

Persona 5 Royal, which was first released on Steam in October 2022, was among the final remaining titles that pirates had yet ...

YouTube is arguably the most popular and most visited platform for entertainment, education and tutorials. There's a video for everything on YouTube, whether you want to learn how to cook, ride a bike ...

Threat actors have so far made about $2 million from Crackonosh, which secretly mines Monero cryptocurrency from affected devices. A new Monero cryptojacking malware distributed via “cracked” versions ...

Update March 21, 3 am: This article has been updated to include a comment from Jerome Segura. Cybersecurity firm Malwarebytes has warned of a new form of crypto-stealing malware hidden inside a ...

A newly discovered form of malware delivered to victims via adverts in search results is being used as a gateway to stealing passwords, installing cryptocurrency miners and delivering additional ...

Attackers are targeting people interested in pirated and cracked software downloads by abusing YouTube and Google search results. Researchers from Trend Micro uncovered the activity on the ...

Security researchers have provided insight into how a single student unwittingly became the conduit for a ransomware infection that cost a biomolecular institute a weeks' worth of vital research. In a ...

Europol and German law enforcement confirmed the arrest of two suspects and the seizure of 17 servers in Operation Talent, which took down Cracked and Nulled, two of the largest hacking forums with ...

In an unexpected twist, a Microsoft support engineer resorted to running an unofficial 'crack' on a customer's Windows PC after a genuine copy of the operating system failed to activate normally. It ...