Unknown threat actors compromised CPUID ("cpuid[.]com"), a websitethat hosts popular hardware monitoring tools like CPU-Z, HWMonitor, HWMonitor Pro, and PerfMonitor, for less than 24 hours to serve malicious executables for the software and deploy a remote access trojan called STXRAT. The incident lasted from approximately April 9, 15:00 UTC, to about April 10, 10:00UTC, with
CPUID Breach Distributes STX RAT via Trojanized CPU-Z and HWMonitor Downloads
The Hacker News - 12 Apr 2026 11:24
Unknown threat actors compromised CPUID ("cpuid[.]com"), a websitethat hosts popular hardware monitoring tools like CPU-Z, HWMonitor, HWMonitor Pro, and PerfMonitor, for less than 24 hours to serve malicious executables for the software and deploy a remote access trojan called STXRAT. The incident lasted from approximately April 9, 15:00 UTC, to about April 10, 10:00UTC, with
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