PlaySafe ID raises $1.12M to bring trust and fairness to gaming communities
PlaySafe ID — a platform for gamers that keeps cheaters, hackers, bots, and predators out of games — has raised $1.12M (€1 million) in pre-seed...
IOActive finds hackers have compromised some game controllers
The makers of official licensed game controllers were once pretty good at stopping the clone makers from creating fake controllers. But security research firm...
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,...
Protecting your game from cyber attacks (VB Live)
The video game industry is being targeted more than ever by cyber attacks, taking massive financial and reputational hits every day. But there are...
Dallas emergency siren hacking is like a scene out of Watch Dogs 2
On Friday night, hackers took control of all the emergency sirens in the city of Dallas. The city’s warning system of 156 sirens started...
Nintendo Switch has reportedly been hacked using old browser exploit
A hacker who goes by qwertyoruiop has claimed to have hacked the Nintendo Switch, the new game console from Nintendo that launched nine days ago....
Hacker group Lizard Squad claims to have taken EA’s servers down
Hackers have turned to EA after bringing down the PlayStation Network earlier.
3DS hackers say 'no thanks' to region locking
Some 3DS owners are not happy with Nintendo for imposing region locking restrictions on the 3DS, so they are taking matters into their own hands.
Game streamer shares his ordeal of hacker attacks and a terrifying police raid
A tangle with hackers turned deadly serious after prank calls led the police to believe a game streamer was holding people hostage.
Konami acknowledges 35,000 users accounts hacked
Information exposed includes names, addresses, date of birth, telephone numbers, and emails.