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CPU-Z and HWMonitor Compromised

CPUID's HWMonitor 1.63 served from the official domain was backdoored with malware—a supply chain attack exposing the precarity of system utility distribution.

Friday, April 10, 2026 12:00 PM UTC2 MIN READSOURCE: Hacker NewsBY sys://pipeline

HWMonitor version 1.63, served from the official CPUID website, was compromised with malware detected by Windows Defender and VirusTotal. A user discovered the malicious version while updating, verified that earlier versions remained clean, and confirmed the download originated from the legitimate cpuid.com domain. The incident suggests server compromise or network-level attack on CPUID's distribution infrastructure.

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