The devs were quick to remove the malware, as millions of users rely on these to track temperatures, voltages, fan speeds, ...
With the links giving you a malware-infected file instead ...
Anyone who downloaded CPU-Z or HWMonitor from the official CPUID website in recent days may have received malware instead of ...
If you've downloaded CPU-Z or HWMonitor recently, you might want to double check the files you've used, as they could be infected.
Hackers gained access to an API for the CPUID project and changed the download links on the official website to serve ...
The CPUID website for system analysis tools CPU-Z and HWMonitor was manipulated by attackers. It distributed malware.
Download links were replaced by a Russian-speaking threat actor to distribute a recently emerged malware named STX RAT.
Analysis shared by vx-underground says the malicious installer appears to have targeted 64-bit HWMonitor users and included a ...
HWMonitor is free software for our Windows devices that can help us monitor the various aspects of our system’s working. In short, it is the most effective application from CPUID for any system that ...
A potential software supply-chain incident is unfolding around CPUID, the developer behind CPU-Z and HWMonitor, after ...
The CPU-Z And HWMonitor installers being compromised is notable because a user could do everything correctly and still get pwned.
CPUID breach served STX RAT via trojanized CPU-Z downloads on April 9–10, impacting 150+ victims and multiple industries.