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Pirated Windows 10 ISOs Include Hidden Malware
In a classic case of ‘play stupid games win stupid prizes’, it has been found that pirated copies of Windows 10 have been distributed containing malware hidden within the EFI partition. Pirated Windows Copies Containing Malware As reported by Bleepingcomputer.com, hackers have distributed Windows 10 using torrents which have hidden…
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Nintendo Wins Lawsuit Against Piracy Site
Nintendo has been in the news a lot lately over legal issues and today has seen the company win a lawsuit against share hosting website operator Dstorage involving pirated games. Nintendo Wins Privacy Lawsuit As reported by Gamesindustry.biz, Nintendo took the share hosting website operator Dstorage to court over claims…
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UK Police Announce Major Crackdown on Illegal Sports Streams
Piracy is a crime, streaming dodgily obtained movies is illegal, etc. etc. – We all know it, and for those of you who do engage in it, don’t expect any judgment from me here. While the online variety of this was once more predominantly focused on music and software downloads,…
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Thousands Watch Pirated World Cup Stream – Was Actually Just FIFA 23
With the World Cup 2022 currently underway, it’s hardly surprising that for those living in regions where watching the matches for free isn’t available, many will turn towards the somewhat shady world of pirated live streams as a solution to that problem. – And no, this isn’t, of course, uncommon…
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Russia May Be Changing Laws to Legalise Software Piracy!
Following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine late last month, in terms of the tech world the news has been pretty much dominated with companies effectively announcing that they were either suspending support or hardware supplies to the country until, basically, the war comes to a peaceful end. I’d list off the…
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After 8 Years of Trying, The PS4 Might Now Have A Full-Blown Jailbreak!
It’s been over 8-years now since the release of the PS4 and, by and large, the console has proven to be exceptionally resiliant to hackers. Oh, don’t get us wrong, successes have certainly been made here and there. By and large though, the system has largely remained fairly well locked…
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Microsoft Offers Office Pirates A Discount for them to ‘Go Straight’
While Microsoft Office certainly represents both an excellent and popular piece of software, it does come with a pretty notable problem. Namely, it’s rather expensive. Well, the full version of it is at least. With this in mind, therefore, rather than owning a legitimate copy, many people turn to pirated…
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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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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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Moviemakers Sue VPN Provider for Promoting Piracy!
The chances are that many of you reading this probably already know what a VPN (Virtual Private Network) is, and more specifically, what it does. For those of you unaware, however, the short version is that through routing your internet access through various proxy servers located all around the world,…
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The Mandalorian Tops List of the Most Pirated Shows of 2020
In kicking this off with something I daresay many of you will consider some modern version of blasphemy, I have not yet got around to watching The Mandalorian. Not, incidentally, because I don’t want to, but when you consider that it’s only available on the Disney+ subscription service, well, let’s…
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Beautiful Desolation Developers Launch a Piracy Appeal
If you’re a fan of isometric adventure games, then I daresay the recently launched ‘Beautiful Desolation’ has come to your attention. If it hasn’t, let me give you a quick rundown. This is essentially an indie-gaming project that looks to combine elements of RPG, puzzle-solving, character interaction and combat. Think…
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Eight People Charged For Running Piracy Streams
For arguably well over 20 years now various law enforcement agencies around the world have been battling the problem of online piracy. Admittedly, we have come a long way from the early days of websites such as Kazaa and Napster (not that I’d know what they were of course) but…
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Playing the Pirated Halo: Reach Beta May Get You a Perma-Ban
Halo Reach Beta Release A few days ago the beta release of Halo Reach was released on PC. Forming part of the upcoming ‘Master Chief Collection’, as you might expect there was a lot of anticipation over the beta, but in terms of being able to try it out, very…
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Ubisoft Delays “Skull & Bones” Naval Pirate Game Launch Until 2020
Release Date Pushed Back One More Year Ubisoft first announced their naval pirate game Skull & Bones back in E3 2017. It is basically a standalone spin-off of the naval battles in the Assassin’s Creed series, except with its own story. They already have have the outline and just need…
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