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Random music news for Wednesday, October 7, 2020

October 7, 2020October 7, 2020 Alan Cross 0 Comments AC/DC, Apple, AutoRap, Britney Spears, Ed Sheeran, George Michael, Howard Stern, iPhone 12, Johnny Nash, Kim Gordon, Malware, Rolling Stones, Ronnie Wood

Into fantasy football? Try this. It’s…weird. (Via Andrew). Moving to music news for October 7, 2020. Lost in the coverage

DJs are being used to hide malware

April 21, 2020April 21, 2020 Alan Cross 0 Comments DJs, EDM, Malware, Viruses

Malware creators seem to have a thing for EDM. According to anti-virus company Kaspersky, there’s a lot of malicious files

Here’s why you shouldn’t download this JPEG of Taylor Swift

December 20, 2019December 20, 2019 Alan Cross 3 Comments Malware, Taylor Swift

If you’re a Taylor Swift fan, you might want to hold off downloading any new images of her. Mining cryptocurrency

An Anti-Virus Company Calls Avril Lavigne “The Most Dangerous Celebrity Online” When It Comes to Malware

September 19, 2017September 19, 2017 Alan Cross 0 Comments Avril Lavigne, Bruno Mars, Justin Bieber, Malware, McAfee, Shawn Mendes, Viruses

McAfee, one of the big anti-virus software companies, is worried about Canadian musicians. AScared, actually. While observing the malware bouncing

Best WTF Music Story of the Week: Russian Malware Uses Comments in Britney Spears’ Instagram Account to Communicate

June 8, 2017 Alan Cross 1 Comment Britney Spears, Hacking, Malware, Russian Hackers, Turla

Those following the perpetual saga of Russian hacking know about Turla, a group that loves mounting attacks on countries and

Could Bad (Read: Malicious) Music Take Over Your Car?

March 15, 2017 Alan Cross 0 Comments autonomous cars, Malware

We’re hurtling towards of the era autonomous car, which is cool but it’s also going to cause all kinds of

Holy Crap! Wikileaks Says That the CIA Knows How to Hack Our Phones, TVs and More

March 7, 2017March 8, 2017 Alan Cross 1 Comment Android, CIA, iOS, Malware, Samsung, WhatsApp, WikiLeaks, Zero Exploits

There was another huge dump of documents–8,761, to be exact–by Wikileaks today under the name “Vault,” all purported to be

Did the Record Industry Just Release Malware to Delete Your P2P Software?

September 24, 2015September 24, 2015 Alan Cross 0 Comments IFPI, Malware, Rootkit

About a decade ago, Sony BMG was determined to do something about people ripping their CDs and then sharing the