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12/04/2025

Today, Micron shared some news that comes with a heavy heart: we’ve made the difficult decision to wind down the Crucial consumer business. This means that sales of Crucial-branded products through retailers, e-tailers, and distributors worldwide will gradually come to an end.

For nearly three decades, Crucial has been more than just a brand - it’s been a trusted companion for millions of people building, upgrading, and creating. Thanks to an incredible community of passionate customers, dedicated partners, and talented Micron team members, Crucial became synonymous with innovation, quality, and reliability in memory and storage. We are deeply grateful for the support and loyalty that made this journey possible.

Some things to note as we wind down:
Crucial consumer products will continue to ship through the end of February 2026, and we’ll work closely with our partners and customers to ensure a smooth transition. Warranty service and support will remain available for all Crucial products. While this chapter is closing, Micron will continue to serve commercial customers globally with Micron-branded enterprise products.

Thank you - for 29 amazing years of trust, collaboration, and shared success. Crucial wouldn’t have been what it was without you.

Read more here: https://investors.micron.com/news-releases/news-release-details/micron-announces-exit-crucial-consumer-business

10/07/2025

Over the past year, Bitdefender researchers have been monitoring a persistent malicious campaign that initially spread via Facebook Ads, promising “free access” to TradingView Premium and other trading or financial platforms.

08/25/2025

07/20/2025

A malware known as a “BadBox 2.0” has spread to infiltrate over 10 million Android devices, including TV streaming devices, tablets and digital projectors, according to Google.

Thankfully, Google is working to crack down on the threat, which operates as a botnet or an army of infected devices. On Thursday, the company revealed it’s filed a lawsuit in New York to try and shut down the “criminal enterprise.”

“This botnet —called the ‘BadBox 2.0’ botnet— is already the largest known botnet of internet-connected TV devices, and it grows each day,” Google said in a court document. “Without warning, it could be used to commit more dangerous cybercrimes, such as ransomware or distributed denial-of-service (‘DDoS’) attacks.”

The threat is spreading via low-cost, no-name Android devices manufactured in China. In some cases, the malware will be preinstalled. In others, BadBox will download as Trojanized apps during the setup process through unofficial app stores. The hackers can then sell access to the infected devices to other cybercriminals, giving them a launching pad to conduct hacking activities in the US and other countries.

Google’s lawsuit identifies some of the affected product models, which include Android TV boxes with the model numbers X88 Pro 10, T95, MXQ Pro and QPLOVE Q9, among others. (Human Security has also published a more comprehensive list.)

Google’s lawsuit alleges the hackers behind BadBox 2.0 are based in China and span at least 25 individuals or entities. Although the identities of the hackers remains unknown, the company is requesting the New York court grant it the legal power to help it shut down the botnet. This includes asking the judge for a "permanent injunction” to force any internet services tied to the BadBox malware to cease such operations.

For more, head to PCMag
https://www.pcmag.com/news/google-this-malware-has-spread-to-over-10-million-android-devices

07/11/2025

McOops :)

Cybersecurity researchers discovered a vulnerability in McHire, McDonald's chatbot job application platform, that exposed the personal information of more than 64 million job applicants across the United States.

07/11/2025

A seemingly innocent message on Instagram asking for a vote can hide a dark secret. The "vote for me" Instagram scam can compromise your account.

04/30/2025

Getting ready to test some Commodore computers. Might have to try this.

This fan-made Linux-based OS was just released for Commodore-branded devices.

04/08/2025

Microsoft trying to convince people to upgrade to Windows 11

It's a small thing, but it makes you wonder if Microsoft is deliberately removing features from Windows 10 to make Windows 11 more appealing.

03/05/2025

This would be very cool someday.

03/03/2025

Microsoft is investigating a new Microsoft 365 outage that is affecting Teams customers and causing call failures.

02/17/2025

A hacker published a PC game on Steam to infect users with Windows-based malware.

The free-to-play game, PirateFi, was released on Thursday. Days later, Valve was spotted sending out a message to affected users, warning them about the threat to their computers.

“We strongly encourage you to run a full-system scan using an antivirus product that you trust or use regularly, and inspect your system for unexpected or newly installed software,” Steam said.

PirateFi was published as a beta. However, according to Steam forum posts, one user noticed something was off when their antivirus software prevented them from running the game, flagging it as carrying "Trojan.Win32.Lazzzy.gen."

"The essence of the virus: When you launch the ‘game,’ the virus unpacks into /AppData/Temp/****/ and looks like Howard.exe," the user wrote. The malware then appears to steal browser cookies, enabling the malware’s creator to hijack access to various online accounts.

Additionally, PirateFi was also circulated on the messaging app Telegram, according to a reader, who said: "Somebody in the channel that I was in sent a message that they had a in-game chat moderator vacancy that would pay 17$ an hour."

The job offer was placed in a Telegram channel that US users frequented. The reader thought the offer was too good to be true, so they investigated and uncovered evidence that a bot was actually running the Telegram account. "I've noticed that the speed of his replies were very consistent, almost always 21 seconds," the reader added. "I was messaging with an AI that was trying to get people to download the game on their devices to infect their computers."

More at PCMag
https://www.pcmag.com/news/did-you-download-this-steam-game-sorry-its-windows-malware