Malware Infests Popular Pirate Streaming Hardware

You get what you pay for when you pirate content. That’s the takeaway from the latest report by Digital Citizens Alliance. It found that pirating hardware, which enables free streaming copyright-protected content, comes packed with malicious malware. The devices give criminals easy access to rout...

Avengers: End Game leaked online soon after releasing in China

By Uzair Amir Avengers: End Game has been leaked online because why not? Marvel’s latest and perhaps the most anticipated flick ever to be released Avengers: End Game has become an object of controversy lately as hackers and cybercriminals are trying their best to benefit from the movie’s...

Point Blank Gamers Targeted with Backdoor Malware

The focus of the APT behind the ShadowHammer supply-chain attack that abused the ASUS computer update function turns out to be wider in scope than previously thought. Researchers have found similar digitally-signed binaries using the videogame industry as a delivery conduit for malware. Victims...

[SECURITY] Fedora 30 Update: atomix-3.32.1-2.fc30

Atomix is yet another little mind game. You have to build molecules out of single atoms laying around. Of course there is a time limit and the handlin g is not as easy as you might expect ;-. This game is inspired by the original Amiga game Atomix and uses the GNOME libraries...

Julian Assange Arrested, *Jeopardy!* Game Theory, and More News

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GOG Galaxy Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

GOG Galaxy is a game client program. The program is used to install, launch and update games. An elevated privilege vulnerability exists in GOG Galaxy that originates from a lack of effective privilege licensing and access control measures on a networked system or product. An attacker could explo...

Your next Game of Thrones download can be a malware – Here’s why

By Uzair Amir Game of Thrones the most Exploited Series by Hackers and Scammers in 2018- Research reveals. Cybercriminals never miss out on an opportunity to exploit any potentially fruitful event and now that the final season of Game of Thrones is about to be released, they are trying to use it...

ThreatList: Game of Thrones, a Top Malware Conduit for Cybercriminals

As Game of Thrones’ eighth season approaches, fans are getting ready for the ultimate clash of living vs. dead, fire vs. ice, human vs. monster. But they should be careful where they get their Jon Snow fix from; fresh analysis has concluded that the fantasy series is cybercriminals’ favorite targ...

[SECURITY] Fedora 30 Update: svgsalamander-1.1.2-1.fc30

SVG Salamander is an SVG engine for Java that's designed to be small, fast, and allow programmers to use it with a minimum of fuss. It's in particular targeted for making it easy to integrate SVG into Java games and making it much easier for artists to design 2D game content - from rich interacti...

Gamers Urged to Patch Critical Bugs in GOG Galaxy

GOG Galaxy Games, a popular video game digital distribution platform that enables users to purchase new games and launch them from their desktop, is riddled with vulnerabilities, according to researchers at Cisco Talos. The researchers assert that the GOG Galaxy video game launcher contains six...

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Hacking microcontroller firmware through a USB

In this article, I want to demonstrate extracting the firmware from a secure USB device running on the Cortex M0. Who hacks video game consoles? The manufacture of counterfeit and unlicensed products is widespread in the world of video game consoles. It's a multi-billion dollar industry in which...

InnoGames: Unprivileged alliance member is able to recruit new members to his alliance and accepting them (xs1.grepolis.com)

Alliances are a very integral part of Grepolis. Attacks are planned and strategies are forged. All of this in secret from the other players. A broken access control allowed any member of the alliance to invite "external" players, even though the alliance invitations were closed/invite-only. This...

Counter-Strike 1.6 game client 0-day exploited to spread Belonard trojan

By Waqas Dr. Web’s cybersecurity researchers have identified an attacker is trying to exploit zero-day vulnerabilities in Counter-Strike 1.6 game specifically to distribute Belonard Trojan. Reportedly, about 39% of all the active servers of the game on Steam have been manipulated and compromised ...

Zero-Day Flaws in Counter-Strike 1.6 Let Malicious Servers Hack Gamers' PCs

If you are a Counter-Strike gamer, then beware, because 39% of all existing Counter-Strike 1.6 game servers available online are malicious that have been set-up to remotely hack gamers' computers. A team of cybersecurity researchers at Dr. Web has disclosed that an attacker has been using malicio...

GlitchPOS: New PoS malware for sale

Warren Mercer and Paul Rascagneres authored this post with contributions from Ben Baker. Executive summary Point-of-sale malware is popular among attackers, as it usually leads to them obtaining credit card numbers and immediately use that information for financial gain. This type of malware is...

Cheat Engine - A Development Environment Focused On Modding

Cheat Engine is an open source tool designed to help you with modifying single player games running under window so you can make them harder or easier depending on your preferencee.g: Find that 100hp is too easy, try playing a game with a max of 1 HP, but also contains other usefull tools to help...

GameGuardian - Android Game Hack/Alteration Tool

GameGuardian is a game hack/alteration tool. With it, you can modify money, HP, SP, and much more. You can enjoy the fun part of a game without suffering from its unseasonable design. Requires Android: 2.3.3+ GameGuardian Features Summary Runs on ARM, x64 and x86 devices, including x86 emulators...

Mail.ru: CSRF уязвимость позволяет взять беспроцентный кредит пользователю cfire.mail.ru

CSRF vulnerability in Crossfire cfire.mail.ru allowed to force user to request game credit. On the time of reporting, game/business logic vulnerabilities in cfire.mail.ru are not covered by bug bounty program...

Ex-US Intelligence Agent Charged With Spying and Helping Iranian Hackers

The United States Department of Justice has announced espionage charges against a former US Air Force intelligence officer with the highest level of top-secret clearance for providing the Iranian government classified defense information after she defected to Iran in 2013. Monica Elfriede Witt, 3...