ESET Research's latest Threat Report detailed PromptLock, the first known AI-driven ransomware, “capable of generating malicious scripts on the fly”, using an OpenAI model, via the Ollama API, to ...

Tired of Windows 11's AI features? This free script can remove Copilot, Recall, and other intrusive AI integrations.

Final Fantasy 14's North American servers have been hammered by DDoS attacks since the release of Patch 7.4—I'd know, I play ...

To change the execution policy to run PowerShell scripts on Windows 11 (or 10), use these steps: Open Start. Search for ...

A new community tool is drawing attention for its bold claim: the ability to remove nearly every AI component built into Windows 11. The script, called RemoveWindowsAI and published on GitHub, is ...

The Windows Blue Screen (or Black Screen) of Death is typically a sign that some unrecoverable error or conflict has occurred. Now, cybercriminals are using the dreaded BSOD as a way to trick people ...

Editor's take: Microsoft is doubling down on its plan to turn Windows 11 into an "agentic AI" platform, and in the process seems determined to strip away the last bits of user agency left in the OS.

A typosquatted domain impersonating the Microsoft Activation Scripts (MAS) tool was used to distribute malicious PowerShell scripts that infect Windows systems with the 'Cosmali Loader'.

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This Year Our Adoption of IRC Turns 18. posted by Roy Schestowitz on Jan 04, 2026. The other night I had a bad dream. I dreamt that our IRC network had been targetted and attacked ...

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