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How do people crack computer programs and games? This question was originally answered on Quora by Eric Jang.

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The threat actors behind the Exorcist 2.0 ransomware are using malicious advertising to redirect victims to fake software crack sites that distribute their malware.

Virtual Adventures has developed a new form of encryption, and to prove its strength, the company is letting anyone try to crack it. Developed 10 years ago as part of a video game, Vase Software ...

But if the time required to crack the software on new releases continues to shrink, it will inevitably become less relevant to game publishers—and I would think that if the time from launch to ...

An anonymous hacker who claimed last week to have found a way to generate valid Windows Vista activation codes now says his crack was a joke. But some users who tried it say it worked for them.