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Apex Legends players worried about RCE flaw after ALGS hacks

Electronic Arts has postponed the North American (NA) finals of the ongoing Apex Legends Global Series (ALGS) after hackers compromised players mid-match during the tournament. […]

26 Feb

Mowing down demons: DOOM comes to Husqvarna smart lawnmowers

If you ever wanted to play DOOM on a lawnmower, you will soon have your chance with a new software update coming to Husqvarna’s robotic line of lawnmowers this spring. […]

27 Nov

Ransomware attack on indie game maker wiped all player accounts

A ransomware attack on the “Ethyrial: Echoes of Yore” MMORPG last Friday destroyed 17,000 player accounts, deleting their in-game items and progress in the game. […]

06 Sep

Rockstar Games reportedly sold games with Razor 1911 cracks on Steam

In an ironic twist, Rockstar Games reportedly uses pirated software cracks to remove its DRM from some games they sell on Steam. […]

31 Jul

Hackers exploit BleedingPipe RCE to target Minecraft servers, players

Hackers are actively exploiting a ‘BleedingPipe’ remote code execution vulnerability in Minecraft mods to run malicious commands on servers and clients, allowing them to take control of the devices. […]

14 Jun

Fake WannaCry ransomware targets Russian “Enlisted” FPS players

A ransomware operation targets Russian players of the Enlisted multiplayer first-person shooter, using a fake website to spread trojanized versions of the game. […]

07 Jun

New Fractureiser malware used CurseForge Minecraft mods to infect Windows, Linux

Hackers used the popular Minecraft modding platforms Bukkit and CurseForge to distribute a new ‘Fractureiser’ information-stealing malware through uploaded modifications and by injecting malicious code into existing projects. […]

13 Mar

STALKER 2 game developer hacked by Russian hacktivists, data stolen

GSC Game World, the developer of the highly-anticipated ‘STALKER 2: Heart of Chornobyl’ game, warned their systems were breached, allowing threat actors to steal game assets during the attack. […]

23 Feb

Valve “honeypot” used to ban 40,000 Dota 2 players using cheat

Game developer Valve has announced that it permanently banned more than 40,000 accounts for using cheating software to gain an unfair advantage over other players in the Dota 2 game. […]

21 Feb

Activision confirms data breach exposing employee and game info

Activision has confirmed that it suffered a data breach in December 2022 after one of its employees fell victim to an SMS phishing attack, giving hackers access to its internal systems. […]

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