Epic Games ‘hackers’ admit threat of leak was phony
An alleged hack of Epic Games was revealed, by the “hackers” in question, to be fake. Last week, a ransomware group claimed to have...
Hackers can see what you’re doing in VR via Big Brother malware
Hackers can see what you’re doing in VR through a piece of malware called Big Brother. Well, sort of. There’s 171 million people worldwide...
Hackers target mobile gaming as PC, console devs seal their vulnerabilities
Many game genres, such as e-sports, real-time strategy games, and MOBAs, have been under increasing threat from advanced cheaters and hackers. The game industry...
Mobile gaming revenue is under threat from reverse-engineering and other hacks
Mobile gaming is boom. 2020 app revenue topped $111 billion, 30% more than all of 2019, according to research firm Sensor Tower. It estimates...
Akamai: Cyberattacks against gamers spiked in the pandemic
The video game industry and gamers faced more than 10 billion cyberattacks during the past couple of years, and these spiked in the pandemic,...
How game companies can protect their online operations and players from cyberattacks
Games are still tempting targets for hackers. Zynga’s popular online game, Words With Friends, was recently hacked and more than 218 million users had...
Words With Friends player data allegedly stolen for 218 million users
A Pakistani hacker claims to have hacked Zynga’s Words With Friends popular social mobile game, gaining access to a database of information on more...
Check Point finds flaw that could have enable hackers to break into Fortnite user accounts
Check Point said that its researchers discovered vulnerabilities in the massively popular online game Fortnite. The security software company notified Fortnite maker Epic Games,...