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Cities Skylines Devs Warn Players Over Malware Riddled Mods!
Cities Skylines is hardly a new game. It is, in fact, very nearly 6-years-old. Coming out not too long after EA’s god-awful Sim City reboot, however, it is, without a doubt, one of the vest city-building simulators currently available and if you haven’t played it yet, it’s well worth a…
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FBI Warns Firms Over Malware-Riddled USB Sticks
If you received a free USB stick in the post, would you put it into your PC? – It’s honestly a tricky question to answer. While many of us ‘in the know’ would clearly recognise this as a potentially very bad idea, and particularly so if we were uncertain about…
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Researchers Warn of Scam ‘Squid Game’ Emails
Given the huge popularity seen with the ‘Squid Game‘ TV series on Netflix, it’s hardly surprising that many individuals and organisations (completely unaffiliated with the show I might add) have looked, or at least attempted, to cash in on its success. For example, there are already more than a few…
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Ransomware Groups are at War With their Malware’s Creators!
Ransomware is a rather odious piece of malware that, once infected on your system, looks to encrypt all of your files and charge you for the privilege of getting them back. Payments are, of course, often requested in Bitcoin due to the inability for it to be tracked. The bottom…
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Kaspersky Issues Warning Over James Bond Download/Stream Links!
You wouldn’t steal a handbag. You wouldn’t steal a car. Piracy is a crime, etc., etc. – No, we’re not going to patronise you by starting off with a ‘holier than thou’ declaration of the problems that can be created if you choose to dabble in the more buccaneering aspects…
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Hackers Find Way of Hiding Viruses in GPU Memory
Generally speaking, as long as the user isn’t too irresponsible (downloading more RAM, etc.), anti-virus programs are pretty decent at detecting any potential malware or virus’ lurking on systems. In terms of how they work, however, there is one area of memory that is largely ignored by the vast majority…
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TerraMaster Introduce New Anti-Ransomware Software!
TerraMaster has announced the launch of its comprehensive suite of cybersecurity features to provide excellent protection against all variants of ransomware, viruses, and other forms of cyberattack. There has been an increase in new variants of ransomware that specifically target NAS devices. TerraMaster continuously bolsters the suite of cybersecurity features…
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Gigabyte Hit With 112GB Ransomware Attack
Ransomware is undoubtedly one of the biggest and arguably prevalent online threats at the moment. While it’s troublesome enough for individuals who unwittingly put it on their private system, it’s clearly hugely more disruptive for major businesses and industries. – While there have been many high-profile instances of successful ransomware…
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Audacity Responds to ‘Spyware’ Concerned Critics
For many years Audacity has proven to be one of the most popular audio editing software programs around. Admittedly, this is more to do with the fact that it is available as a free download and is relatively user-friendly. In terms of what it offers regarding functionality, it’s good, but…
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Avast Warns Cracked Games May Contain Crypto-Malware
It’s an admittedly difficult subject to broach because if you were to ask most PC gamers if they’d ever pirated a title, they’d probably officially state, possibly with puppy dog eyes, that they’ve never once engaged in such heinous behaviour. However, let us presume for just one moment that you…
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Insurers Defend Accepting Ransomware Claims!
Ransomware attacks arguably represent one of the worst kinds of malware you can install on your PC. With it encrypting practically all documents contained on your system, you are, generally speaking, left with one of two options. Either hope you can somehow recover your data (perhaps through a back-up), or…
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Ryuk Ransomware Has Generated over $150m in Victims
Out of all the masses of viruses and malware you could accidentally install onto your PC, it’s hard to deny that for the casual consumer, and definitely businesses, Ransomware represents one of the current biggest dangers. – For those of you unfamiliar with it, unlike other malicious programs that may…
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Fake Cyberpunk 2077 Mobile Game Contains Ransomware
Given that Cyberpunk 2077 is a game in which one of the central gameplay aspects is hacking, you may have thought that this would’ve been something of a moderate precursor to remind everyone that, by and large, while the internet is a wonderful place, there is also a part of…
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Researchers Find 28 Browser Extensions With Malicious Code
There’s a good chance that some of the more tech-savvy among you reading this may have one or more browser extensions installed on your system. Offering various tweaks to how your internet gateway operates, I know I have a few that make the experience an overall smoother ride. – If…
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New Malware Scam Disguises Itself as a Windows 10 Update
We should start by noting that any Windows 10 updates will, in the significantly vast majority of instances, only be offered directly through the operating system and they will come either automatically (generally meaning you have to wait 5 minutes when you next attempt to shut down your PC) or…
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