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Steam pulls game demo infecting Windows with info-stealing malware

Valve has removed from its Steam store the game title ‘Sniper: Phantom’s Resolution’ following multiple users reporting that the demo installer infected their systems with information stealing malware. The game, published under the developer name ‘Sierra Six Studios,’ was supposed to be an early preview of the title with a release planned in the coming months. […]

22 Feb

Fake CS2 tournament streams used to steal crypto, Steam accounts

Threat actors are exploiting major Counter-Strike 2 (CS2) competitions, like IEM Katowice 2025 and PGL Cluj-Napoca 2025, to defraud gamers and steal their Steam accounts and cryptocurrency. Although CS2 first launched 13 years ago, it still maintains a massive community of plays and an active professional competition landscape with multi-million rewards. Characteristically, earlier this month, […]

21 Jan

Microsoft previews Game Assist in-game browser in Edge Stable

Microsoft has announced that Game Assist, its recently unveiled in-game browser, is now also available in preview for Microsoft Edge Stable users. Game Assist is a special version of Edge optimized for PC gaming that will appear on top of your game in Game Bar as a “game-aware” overlay when hitting the Win+G keyboard shortcut. […]

17 Jan

FTC cracks down on Genshin Impact gacha loot box practices

Genshin Impact developer Cognosphere (aka Hoyoverse) has agreed to a $20 million settlement with the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) over its gacha loot box monetization and is now banned from selling them to teens under the age of sixteen without parental consent. This comes after the FTC referred a complaint to the Department of Justice […]

23 Oct

Lazarus hackers used fake DeFi game to exploit Google Chrome zero-day

The North Korean Lazarus hacking group exploited a Google Chrome zero-day tracked as CVE-2024-4947 through a fake decentralized finance (DeFi) game targeting individuals in the cryptocurrency space. Kaspersky discovered the attacks on May 13, 2024, and reported the Chrome zero-day flaw to Google. Google issued a fix for CVE-2024-4947 on May 25, with Chrome version 125.0.6422.60/.61. Lazarus […]

14 Oct

Pokemon dev Game Freak confirms breach after stolen data leaks online

Japanese video game developer Game Freak has confirmed it suffered a cyberattack in August after source code and game designs for unpublished games were leaked online. Game Freak is best known for being the co-owner and the primary developing studio of the Pokémon series video game, which started in 1996 with the Pokémon Red and […]

04 Oct

Outlast game development delayed after Red Barrels cyberattack

Canadian video game developer Red Barrels is warning that the development of its Outlast games will likely be delayed after the company suffered a cyberattack impacting its internal IT systems and data. Although the statement emphasizes that the attack has not affected player data, the production timeline has been impacted. “The Red Barrels team regrets […]

30 Sep

The Playstation Network is down in a global outage

Updates added to the bottom of the article. The PlayStation Network is suffering a global outage, with subscribers confirming that they can no longer play online games or access the company’s website. When attempting to access PSN, users may be greeted with errors stating, “The connection to the server timed out” or “An error has […]

23 Jul

Hamster Kombat’s 250 million players targeted in malware attacks

Threat actors are taking advantage of the massive popularity of the Hamster Kombat game, targeting players with fake Android and Windows software that install spyware and information-stealing malware. […]

29 Mar

Activision: Enable 2FA to secure accounts recently stolen by malware

An infostealer malware campaign has reportedly collected millions of logins from users of various gaming websites, including players that use cheats, pay-to-cheat services. […]

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