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 ...

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 ...

ClickFix attack uses fake Windows BSOD screens to push malware

A new ClickFix social engineering campaign is targeting the hospitality sector in Europe, using fake Windows Blue Screen of ...
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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 ...
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Fake Booking Emails Redirect Hotel Staff to Fake BSoD Pages Delivering DCRat

A new PHALT#BLYX campaign targets European hotels using fake Booking.com emails, ClickFix lures, PowerShell, and MSBuild to ...
Game Rant

Windows is Getting Rid of a 30-Year-Old Feature

Viraaj is a spirited gamer, lifelong PlayStation main, huge petrolhead, but most importantly, a principled journalist. With experience at publications like FandomWire, HotCars, and DriveTribe, writing ...
HotHardware

Windows 11's BSOD Is Now Actually The Black Screen Of Death

The infamous blue screen of death (BSOD) that occurs when Windows runs into a critical error and barfs all over itself could be changing color, to black. If so, we ...
PC World

The infamous Windows BSOD is going back to blue

The infamous Blue Screen of Death is a rite of passage among PC users, the tell-tale sign that something Bad is happening. But the BSOD in Windows 11 is all-black instead of using the historically ...
Digital Trends

Windows 10 now makes the BSoD error screen a little less painful

While the appearance of the dreaded Blue Screen of Death (BSoD) has seemingly decreased with the launch of each new Windows platform, it still appears nonetheless and requires the end-user to look up ...