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Pierluigi Paganini September 21, 2020

Alleged Activision hack, 500,000 Call Of Duty players impacted

Over 500,000 Activision accounts may have been hacked in a new data breach that the gaming firm suffered on September 20. More than 500,000 Activision accounts may have compromised as a result of a data breach suffered by the gaming firm on September 20, reported the eSports site Dexerto. According to Dexerto, the login for Activision […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 28, 2019

173 Million Zynga accounts were impacted in the September hack

In September Zynga, the American social game developer running social video game services suffered a data breach that 173 Million accounts. Zynga Inc is an American social game developer running social video game services founded in April 2007, it primarily focuses on mobile and social networking platforms. Among the online games developed by the company, […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 15, 2019

Winnti Group was planning a devastating supply-chain attack against Asian manufacturer

Winnti Group is back with a new modular Win backdoor that was used to infect the servers of a high-profile Asian mobile hardware and software manufacturer. Security experts at ESET revealed that Winnti Group continues to update its arsenal, they observed that the China-linked APT group using a new modular Windows backdoor that they used to infect the […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 17, 2019

Expert shows how to bypass a fix for a recently discovered Steam flaw

A security researcher demonstrated how to bypass a fix released by Valve for a recently discovered Steam vulnerability re-enabling the attack. A few days ago, the security experts Matt Nelson and Vasily Kravets separately disclosed a privilege escalation vulnerability in the Stream client for Windows that can be exploited by an attacker with limited permissions to run code administrative […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 09, 2019

A Zero-Day in Steam client for Windows affects over 100 Million users

Two researchers publicly disclosed a zero-day vulnerability that affects the popular Steam game client for Windows, 0ver 100 million users at risk. Two security experts disclosed a privilege escalation vulnerability in the Stream client for Windows that can be exploited by an attacker with limited permissions to run code administrative privileges. The issue could be exploited […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 27, 2019

Flaws in EA Games Login exposed accounts of 300 Million Gamers to hack

Experts discovered security flaws in EA Games’ login process that could allow an attacker to take over EA gamers’ accounts and steal sensitive data. Experts at Check Point Research and Cyberint discovered multiple security flaws in EA Games’ login process that could allow an attacker to take over EA gamers’ accounts and steal sensitive data. […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 16, 2019

Multiple Fortnite flaws allowed experts to takeover players’ accounts

Security researchers at Check Point have discovered several flaws in the popular game Fortnite that could be exploited to takeover gamers’account. Security experts at Check Point discovered several issues in the popular online battle game Fortnite. One of the flaws is an OAuth account takeover vulnerability that could have allowed a remote attacker to takeover […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 04, 2019

Town of Salem RP Game hacked, more than 7.6M Players affected

BlankMediaGames disclosed a data breach that affects millions of players of the popular role-playing game Town of Salem. The BlankMediaGames suffered a data breach that impacted more than 7.6 million players of the browser-based role-playing game Town of Salem Exposed data includes usernames, emails, passwords, IP addresses, game and forum activity. The bad news for […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 16, 2018

A simple message containing certain symbols could crash the Sony PlayStation 4

PlayStation 4 gaming consoles could crash when they receive messages containing certain symbols from fellow gamers. The consoles could freeze on while the owners are playing their preferred games, the DoS condition is triggered while the devices are parsing symbols in messages received. “There is a new glitch that basically bricks your console and forces […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 06, 2018

Fortnite APK is coming soon, but it will not be available on the Google Play Store

Fortnite, the most popular game will be soon available for Android users but the Fortnite APK will not be in the Play Store. Fortnite continues to be the most popular game, it is a co-op sandbox survival game developed by Epic Games and People Can Fly. The great success obtained by the Fortnite attracted cyber criminals that […]

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Alleged Activision hack, 500,000 Call Of Duty players impacted

173 Million Zynga accounts were impacted in the September hack

Winnti Group was planning a devastating supply-chain attack against Asian manufacturer

Expert shows how to bypass a fix for a recently discovered Steam flaw

A Zero-Day in Steam client for Windows affects over 100 Million users

Flaws in EA Games Login exposed accounts of 300 Million Gamers to hack

Multiple Fortnite flaws allowed experts to takeover players’ accounts

Town of Salem RP Game hacked, more than 7.6M Players affected

A simple message containing certain symbols could crash the Sony PlayStation 4

Fortnite APK is coming soon, but it will not be available on the Google Play Store

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