While viruses and malware can be added to any file online, it is rare for malicious content to planted by those in the so-called warez scene. Nevertheless, it has now been revealed that since February 2013 one particular group has been dropping a little something extra into its cracked software…

While no one has been able to stem the tide of cracked software pouring onto the Internet in the past two decades, a not inconsiderable event in the past 24 hours will see one prolific source shut down for good. An infamous piracy group responsible for the release of 30,000…

Yesterday, police in 14 countries around Europe coordinated in raids against so-called Warez Scene topsites. Sweden, The Netherlands, Belgium, Norway, Germany, Great Britain, Czech Republic and Hungary all saw action. With the help of Scene insiders and other sources, today we try to piece together what happened, including which sites…

A 29-year-old man from California has pleaded guilty to his role in a long-running warez-scene release group and now faces up to 5 years in jail. The group, called OSC, ran from 2002 until 2007 and was responsible for the pre-release of the Kanye West album Graduation. It's connections to…