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Be careful with what you torrent. A new tool on the black market is helping hackers distribute malware through torrent files in exchange for a fee. On Tuesday, security researchers at InfoArmor said they discovered the so-called “RAUM” tool in underground forums. It leverages torrenting — a popular file-sharing method associated with piracy — to […]

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You’ve boarded up your windows. You’ve sabotaged the stairwell. You’ve thrown that one whiny guy to the zombie hordes as bait (it’s okay, nobody liked him anyway). Even so, fans of all things Walking Dead would do well to consider how badly they want Walking Dead content via the noble art of installing things and […]

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We discovered another fake antivirus/antimalware tool late in August. The “Windows 8 Security system” claims to detect infections, and displays alerts to scare users into purchasing protection. The real infection, of course, is the Win 8 Security System itself. It’s no surprise that developers of rogue antivirus software are playing up the connection to Windows […]

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