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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

According to Krebs, whilst previously he had little more than anecdotal evidence that confirmed cracked software as being infested with malware, that situation has now changed. "Recently, I heard from ...

An ongoing worldwide campaign is pushing new malware dubbed MosaicLoader camouflaged as cracked software via search engine advertising to infect wannabe software pirates' systems. MosaicLoader is a ...

The National Information Technology Development Agency has warned Nigerians against downloading cracked versions of software, citing a new malware campaign that uses pirated applications to distribute ...

Malware disguised as cracked software infected millions of devices through manipulated search results Affiliates in a pay-per-install network turned piracy into a global cybercrime business Attackers ...

In 2021, crime doesn’t pay if you can’t be found on Google. That’s apparently what the creators of the new MosaicLoader family of malware discovered. PC security company Bitdefender recently published ...

Google has taken down thousands of YouTube videos that were quietly spreading password-stealing malware disguised as cracked software and game cheats.… Researchers ...