Red Points' investigation reveals 21.7% of illicit software purchases end in scams, exposing consumers to fraud, ...

Years later, he read about his antagonist doing time for murder On Call Welcome to another installment of On Call, The Register's weekly reader-contributed column that tells your tech support ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A top employee of billionaire Elon Musk who is now working in the U.S. Justice Department previously bragged about hacking and distributing pirated software, according to ...

In today’s hyper-competitive business environment, finding ways to reduce expenses is a top priority for most companies. However, when it comes to software, taking shortcuts by using pirated versions ...

Singapore police last week charged PDM International Pte. Ltd., an interior design company, with using pirated software under the country’s Copyright Act. PDM ...

MassJacker malware is targeting people searching for pirated software. Update, March 19, 2025: This story, originally published March 16, has been updated with an explanation of cryptojacking and more ...

WannaCry exploited vulnerabilities in Windows believed to have been found in recently leaked NSA files. The issues were patched by Microsoft in March as part of the company’s monthly automatic ...

The results from the Business Software Alliance’s fifth-annual study on global software piracy revealed some statistics that would put a smile on any software company executive’s face: Of the 108 ...

The rate of global software piracy declined 10 percent in the past eight years, but there was only a modest 1 percent reduction from 2001 until now with a sharp increase in what piracy costs companies ...