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New ChatGPT Scam Infects Users With Ransomware: ‘Exercise Extreme Caution’
The threat actors use a ransomware strain called CyberLock, which encrypts specific files on the user’s device,” Cisco Talos ...
Your Asus router might’ve been hacked and turned into a botnet, report says
If you're infected by the newly-detected vulnerability, your best bet is a complete factory reset of your router, followed by ...
Thousands of Asus routers hacked to create a major botnet planting damaging malware
Thousands of ASUS routers were compromised and turned into a malicious botnet after hackers uncovered a troubling security ...
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Social Security Has a 'Maddening' New AI Phone Bot. Here's How to Deal With It
I called Social Security's new phone system multiple times to figure out a way around how frustrating it can be.
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Click, Paste, Infected: How a Fake CAPTCHA Hijacks Your PC
It looks like a normal CAPTCHA, but it leads you step-by-step into running malware on your Mac or PC. Even savvy users are ...
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28 Years Later Ponders What Living With the Rage Virus for Decades Does to Britain and the Infected
“They haven't died and come back to life. They're living people who've got sick and been infected with a rage virus. That dictates some stuff,” said Garland. “They need to drink, they need to ea ...
IEEE4d
On the time complexity of computer viruses
Abstract: Computer viruses can disable computer systems not only by destroying data or modifying a system's configuration, but also by consuming most of the computing resources such as CPU time and ...