The CPUID website was compromised, leading to popular Windows utilities such as CPU-Z and HWMonitor delivering multi-stage, ...

A potential software supply-chain incident is unfolding around CPUID, the developer behind CPU-Z and HWMonitor, after multiple reports claimed that official download links were serving malware rather ...

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

With the links giving you a malware-infected file instead ...

CPU-Z and HWMonitor are popular system tools, likely making them a target for attackers who used that trust to spread ...

The CPU-Z And HWMonitor installers being compromised is notable because a user could do everything correctly and still get pwned.

The devs were quick to remove the malware, as millions of users rely on these to track temperatures, voltages, fan speeds, ...

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.

Unknown attackers compromised the CPUID website, redirecting users to malware laden versions of popular tools.

Analysis shared by vx-underground says the malicious installer appears to have targeted 64-bit HWMonitor users and included a ...