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The Apple and WoW effect

Modern living is defined by pop culture phenomena. In the last few months alone, 4G rollouts, the release of smart watches and launch of long-awaited video games have all …

Multiplayer games and DoS attacks

Prolexic, detailed the rampant problem of denial of service attacks within and from online gaming communities. The DDoS attacks, which can pack a powerful punch by the use of …

League of Legends user account, credit card info compromised in breach

North American players of the popular League of Legends online game are advised to change their passwords as soon as possible, as a breach of Riot Games’ servers …

Mass login attempts compromise 24,000 Nintendo site accounts

Some 24,000 user accounts – but luckily no user financial information – were compromised in mass login attempts to the Club Nintendo website. The global website is …

“Blizzard Entertainment IP Restrictions” phishing email doing rounds

Blizzard Entertainment has acknowledged that the notification email that has been hitting users’ inboxes and has been purportedly sent by the company is, in fact, a …

Ubisoft breached, user account credentials compromised

Ubisoft has begun notifying account holders of a breach that resulted in their email addresses, usernames and (encrypted) passwords being compromised. “We recently …

Blizzard suspends mobile app access following account hijacks

A number of World of Warcraft players have been unpleasantly surprised this last week to find that someone has apparently broken into their accounts and bought low-level items …

90% of game hacks and cracks contain malware

Computer and online gaming is big business for companies creating the games, but a considerable drain on the finances of gamers, so it should not come as a surprise that many …

The War Z taken offline following forum, database hack

Players of The War Z, a first-person zombie survival game, have been notified of a breach of the developer’s (Hammerpoint Interactive) forum and game databases and the …

Children turning into malicious code developers

In a world filled with laptops, tablets and smartphones, today’s children become digitally fluent far earlier than previous generations. Now, AVG has found evidence that …

Fake game apps flood Google Play

Android users are once again in danger of getting their information collected and being hit by an unending stream of spam and unwelcome offers just because they searched for …

Free game offer leads to Steam phishing site

Online gamers are often targeted with phishing schemes set up by crooks who are after users’ in-game items and money, and the latest one to be spotted is aimed at Steam …

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