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It’s widely known that online gamers make great targets for cyber criminals: their dedication and enthusiasm for the game(s) often leads them to disregard warnings both …

Steam users are being targeted by a scammer that’s offering apparently helpful Chrome extensions for free, but is actually using them to steal items from victims’ …

On Wednesday, Valve introduced a new “trade hold” system that should prevent scammers from stealing items from Steam users’ hijacked account, or at least …

Account details of some 600 Electronic Arts (EA) customers have apparently been leaked on Pastebin. The company has yet to confirm whether the leak is genuine. “At this …

83 percent believe game developers should be responsible for securing players’ personal data, however fewer than 40 percent said they feel confident in current safeguards, …

A huge gaping hole that allowed attackers to hijack Steam accounts has been discovered, exploited last week, and finally closed by Valve Corp. this weekend.The attackers …

There’s now a game where sophisticated gamers can help improve security of the country’s critical software. SRI International, in partnership with the University of …

“Gamers who choose to play Grand Theft Auto V (GTA 5) on their PC should be carefull not to install two game mods that have been found to be bundled with malware. …

Gaming corporation Valve is trying to make spammers’ and phishers’ lives more difficult and, consequently, their own users’ gaming experience more pleasant …

Aside from being regularly targeted with phishing scams, fake giveaways leading to online surveys, and having malware pushed on them via Steam chat, gamers using the popular …

Scammers are once again misusing the gaming platfrom Steam’s chat feature to spread malware, Malwarebytes warns. They send gamers a message with a link to a page (at …

Most people dream about earning a living by doing something they enjoy. For some gamers, that dream is achievable by using Twitch, the game streaming service that offers …