Windows 11’s performance flops in real-world showdown—here’s why

Windows 11 is facing a reality check in a YouTube benchmark showdown, consistently trailing behind older versions with slower ...
Computing

Europe's hospitality sector targeted by fake 'blue screen' cyberattack

Russian cybercriminals are suspected of targeting Europe's hospitality industry with a malware campaign that disguises itself ...

Watch out for this fake Windows BSOD - it's actually malware

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 ...
Dark Reading

ClickFix Campaign Serves Up Fake Blue Screen of Death

Threat actors are using the social engineering technique to deploy the DCRat remote access Trojan against targets in the hospitality sector.

This Fake Windows BSOD Is Actually A Malware Trap

Windows users need to be vigilant, as a new ClickFix malware campaign is deploying fake blue screen of death (BSOD) errors ...
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Fake Windows BSODs check in at Europe's hotels to con staff into running malware

Phishers posing as Booking.com use panic-inducing blue screens to bypass security controls Russia-linked hackers are sneaking ...

Hackers use 'Blue Screen of Death' malware to target victims

This script downloads the malware and other malicious tools, disables Windows Defender, and displays the real booking website to throw the victim off. There doesn’t seem to be a specific name for the ...
Phys.org

Biobanking opens new windows into human evolution

More than a decade after the first Neanderthal genome was sequenced, scientists are still working to understand how human-specific DNA changes shaped human evolution. It's just over a decade since ...
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Recover from CrowdStrike BSOD: What Windows users should know

ThioJoe explains how to recover from a CrowdStrike BSOD and what Windows users need to know. Prosecuting Congress for Stating the Law: An Impeachable Offense | Opinion Why “Home Alone” star Daniel ...
PC Gamer

Microsoft was apparently so embarrassed by Windows 98's infamous on-stage Blue Screen of Death it built a new testing room on campus to ensure it would never happen again

Talk about a powerful faux pas. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. A company that's been around as long as Microsoft will inevitably ...
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Windows 11 Is Testing A New Trick To Thwart Annoying BSOD Crashes

Windows Insiders are getting early access to an upcoming Windows 11 feature that is intended to improve system reliability by scanning system memory following a system crash. The optional feature is ...
Bleeping Computer

Windows will soon prompt for memory scans after BSOD crashes

Microsoft has started testing a new feature that prompts Windows 11 users to run a memory scan when logging in after a blue screen of death (BSOD). These notifications will be displayed whenever the ...