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Gamers, beware of fake in-game communication apps
Online gamers are often targeted by cyber thieves, as their game accounts hold coveted items and/or funds to buy them. In order to gain access, the crooks usually set up …
League of Legends exploit allows attackers to access gamers’ accounts
A string of hacks has revealed the existence of an exploit targeting League of Legends players, which allows the attackers to open up the game’s store from a web browser …
Gamers hit with trojanized versions of official League of Legends releases
Computer security experts often advise to users to download games, apps, documents, software and software updates directly from the original source (the manufacturer) or from …
Seven Destiny video game tactics that translate to cyber security
Why learn by grinding through dry security best practices when you can make education unique by mixing in a little geeky fun? In the third installment of my security pop …
Sony PSN back online after DDoS attack
Sony’s PlayStation Network has been hit with and downed by a large DDoS attack this weekend, but is now back online a functioning as it should. “Like other major …
New game sharpens secure coding skills
Today at Black Hat, Checkmarx launched Game of Hacks, a challenging game for software developers and security professionals to test their application hacking skills, improve …
PC gamers increasingly under attack
Many gamers either disable their security or remove it altogether, thereby sacrificing protection to maximize system performance and leaving themselves vulnerable to …
Online gaming threats and protection tips
In this podcast, recorded at Infosecurity Europe 2014, Christopher Boyd, Malware Intelligence Analyst at Malwarebytes, talks about online scams and phishing attacks, …
Scammers bypass protection mechanism, offer trojanized Minecraft Android app
Russian Android users who are looking to download the popular Minecraft game app from third-party app markets should be very careful, F-Secure researchers told PC Magazine, as …
WoW gamers targeted with trojanized Curse client
The DDoS attacks that temporarily took down Blizzard’s Battle.net and Valve’s Steam online gaming services over the end of the year holidays have undoubtedly …
Gamers attacked 11.7 million times in 2013
Just days after the launch of the PlayStation 4 and the Xbox One, Kaspersky Lab experts have discovered that PC gamers across Europe were hit by a massive number of attacks in …
E-sports to pay $1M to settle covert Bitcoin mining complaint
The New Jersey attorney general’s office announced today that on-line video gaming company E-Sports Entertainment, LLC, has entered into a $1 million settlement that …
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