21
June
2017
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22:39
Asia/Singapore

NUS study: All pirated software websites are unsafe and could contain malware

A team led by Assoc Prof Biplab Sikdar from the Dept of Electrical and Computer Engineering at NUS Faculty of Engineering examined 203 copies of pirated software downloaded from the Internet over a four-month period and found that all websites that host pirated software download links expose users to cybersecurity risks.