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Cyberattacks against gamer community keep growing

Specialists in IT security audits of the Kaspersky security firm recently published a report that talks about the cybercriminals’ growing interest in attacking the companies that are part of the video game industry. Experts found that, just this year, threat actors have launched more than 10 billion of credential-stuffing attacks against online gaming platforms and […]

Chinese hackers install backdoors in three videogame companies

Three companies in the videogame industry established in Asian countries have been affected by this attack campaign According to experts in network security and ethical hacking from the International Institute of Cyber Security, a recognized group of Chinese hackers known as Winnti Group compromised the systems of one platform and two videogame development companies established in Asia, […]

An energy company suffers data breach after videogame installation

An energy company suffered the theft of sensitive information because an employee downloaded a malware disguised as a videogame According to network security and ethical hacking experts from the International Institute of Cyber Security, the South African energy company Eskom Group has suffered a double data breach due to an unsecured database and the infection […]

Data breach in “Town of Salem” videogame affects over 7 million users

The game developers have only commented on the incident in a small online forum Cybersecurity and ethical hacking specialists from the International Institute of Cyber Security reported that “Town of Salem”, a browser-based videogame, was the victim of a data breach in which perpetrators stole personal information of nearly 7.5 million users. BlankMediaGames, developer of […]

Kingdom Hearts 3copies were leaked in U.S. and Latin America

With just a few weeks left for the official release, developers revealed that a security incident led to the theft of some unfinished copies of the videogame Cybersecurity specialists from the International Institute of Cyber Security reported that some copies of Kingdom Hearts 3 for Xbox One were stolen; in addition, some images and videos […]