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#10 SecurityWeek general April 13, 2026 at 10:52 UTC

CPUID Hacked to Serve Trojanized CPU-Z and HWMonitor Downloads

By Eduard Kovacs

AI Summary

CPUID's website was compromised for less than 24 hours (April 9-10) by Russian-speaking threat actors who replaced legitimate CPU-Z and HWMonitor download links with trojanized versions containing STX RAT. The supply chain attack targeted users of popular hardware monitoring tools, demonstrating how attackers exploit trusted software distribution channels.

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Relevance score: 75.0/100

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