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CPUID hacked to deliver malware via CPU-Z, HWMonitor downloads

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Hackers gained access to an API for the CPUID project and changed the download links on the official website to serve malicious executables for the popular CPU-Z and HWMonitor tools.

 

The two utilities have millions of users who rely on them for tracking the physical health of internal computer hardware and for comprehensive specifications of a system.

 

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6554b6be8c0d829a8bf63ae0c82cf121_link.pn CPUID hacked to deliver malware via CPU-Z, HWMonitor downloads

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Hackers gained access to an API for the CPUID project and changed the download links on the official website...

 

 

Pretty small window, April 9th to April 10th for about 6 hours, the download link was compromised.

 

VirusTotal appears to identify it when scanning.

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Thank you for sharing it here.  I was spreading it to the gaming groups I'm in on Discord, completely forgot about putting a link here.

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