Microsoft is stepping up its antipiracy efforts by launching an upgrade to Windows 7 that determines whether the user's copy is pirated or a fake.

A new version of the Amadey Bot malware is distributed through the SmokeLoader malware, using software cracks and keygen sites as lures.

Security researcher Benkøw has recently noticed that monetized installers pretending to be software cracks and key generators are now commonly installing password-stealing Trojans or remote ...

China's Public Security Bureau, acting with the FBI, have made a number of raids and arrests in the past couple of weeks with the aim of cracking an alleged software-counterfeiting ring. Microsoft ...