November 2011 – Steam Hack

Steam, an online distribution network that hosts countless video game catalogs struck down in November last year after a hacker was able to bypass the site’s message boards and databases. The hackers leaked 35 million customers’ information, including encrypted passwords, game purchases, email...

June 2011 – Nintendo, Bethesda Softworks, Minecraft, EVE Online, League of Legends

A cadre of video game companies including Bethesda Softworks, Minecraft and Nintendo was targeted in June when the hacktivist group Lulzsec raided servers belonging to the firms. Bethesda had information on about 200,000 users of its Brink video game pilfered – but not released. Servers at...

From Atari to Steam

The past year has seen a sharp increase in attacks aimed at online gaming platforms and game makers. In fact, there was a point last summer, in the wake of Sony’s Playstation Network outage, when it seemed like no video game company was safe from hackers – whether they be ideologically motivated...

Kickstarter Data Breach Publishes 70,000 Startup Ideas

An application programming interface API error on the popular Kickstarter crowdfunding website exposed the plans and descriptions of more than 70,000 yet-to-be launched projects. The API bug exposed project descriptions, goals, durations, rewards, videos, images, locations, categories, and...

MechRage Game Detected

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Evony Game Detected (deprecated)

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Fedora Update for maniadrive FEDORA-2012-6907

Check for the Version of maniadrive OpenVAS Vulnerability Test Fedora Update for maniadrive FEDORA-2012-6907 Authors: System Generated Check Copyright: Copyright c 2012 Greenbone Networks GmbH, http://www.greenbone.net This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under...

Desert Operations Game Detected

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Romadoria Game Detected

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Fedora Update for maniadrive FEDORA-2012-6911

Check for the Version of maniadrive OpenVAS Vulnerability Test Fedora Update for maniadrive FEDORA-2012-6911 Authors: System Generated Check Copyright: Copyright c 2012 Greenbone Networks GmbH, http://www.greenbone.net This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under...

[SECURITY] Fedora 17 Update: maniadrive-1.2-38.fc17

ManiaDrive is an arcade car game on acrobatic tracks, with a quick and nerv ous gameplay tracks almost never exceed one minute. Features: Complex car physics, Challenging "story mode", LAN and Internet mode, Live scores, Track editor, Dedicated server with HTTP interface and More than 30 blocks...

[SECURITY] Fedora 16 Update: maniadrive-1.2-32.fc16.3

ManiaDrive is an arcade car game on acrobatic tracks, with a quick and nerv ous gameplay tracks almost never exceed one minute. Features: Complex car physics, Challenging "story mode", LAN and Internet mode, Live scores, Track editor, Dedicated server with HTTP interface and More than 30 blocks...

[SECURITY] Fedora 15 Update: maniadrive-1.2-32.fc15.3

ManiaDrive is an arcade car game on acrobatic tracks, with a quick and nerv ous gameplay tracks almost never exceed one minute. Features: Complex car physics, Challenging "story mode", LAN and Internet mode, Live scores, Track editor, Dedicated server with HTTP interface and More than 30 blocks...

Scam Video Game Startup Yanked From Kickstarter After Raising Thousands

A project soliciting funds for a new video game to compete with the likes of World of Warcraft and Skyrim has been pulled from the crowd funding website Kickstarter after it became clear that the proposal was a sham. Mythic: The Story of Gods and Men raised $4,739 from 83 backers before it was...

Facebook Game - Wooga Game Detection (Generic) (deprecated)

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MIT Students Use LED Lights, Hack Building to Play Tetris

Students at MIT took to the university’s Cecil and Ida Green Building over the weekend to transform the 21-story research building into an oversized, playable game of Tetris. Emulating the classic ’80s video game with the help of a console and 153 color-changing LED lights, students were able to...

idev Game Site CMS v1.0 - Multiple Web Vulnerabilites

Title: ====== idev Game Site CMS v1.0 - Multiple Web Vulnerabilites Date: ===== 2012-04-08 References: =========== http://www.vulnerability-lab.com/getcontent.php?id=494 VL-ID: ===== 494 Introduction: ============= Start your own Flash web game website. Search engine optimized. Embed your Adsense...

[SECURITY] Fedora 17 Update: tremulous-1.2.0-0.5.beta1.fc17

Tremulous is a free, open source game that blends a team based FPS with ele ments of an RTS. Players can choose from 2 unique races, aliens and humans. Players on both teams are able to build working structures in-game like an RTS. These structures provide many functions, the most important being...

[SECURITY] Fedora 16 Update: tremulous-1.2.0-0.5.beta1.fc16

Tremulous is a free, open source game that blends a team based FPS with ele ments of an RTS. Players can choose from 2 unique races, aliens and humans. Players on both teams are able to build working structures in-game like an RTS. These structures provide many functions, the most important being...

idev Game Site CMS 1.0 SQL Injection

Title: ====== idev Game Site CMS v1.0 - Multiple Web Vulnerabilites Date: ===== 2012-04-08 References: =========== http://www.vulnerability-lab.com/getcontent.php?id=494 VL-ID: ===== 494 Introduction: ============= Start your own Flash web game website. Search engine optimized. Embed your Adsense...