Attackers use JavaScript URLs, API forms and more to scam users in popular online game “Roblox”

Online video games often make use of in-game virtual currency and give players the ability to purchase, trade or sell items. While these features are often selling points for players and potential revenue streams for the companies that make them, they also inevitably draw bad actors and scams. On...

Horse Racing Game NEOBRED Integrates with Avalanche for Elite Gaming Experience

By Owais Sultan NEOBRED, a blockchain horse racing game, has announced that it is integrating with the Avalanche blockchain. The integration… This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Horse Racing Game NEOBRED Integrates with Avalanche for Elite Gaming Experience...

Record-Breaking 100 Million RPS DDoS Attack Exploits HTTP/2 Rapid Reset Flaw

Cloudflare on Thursday said it mitigated thousands of hyper-volumetric HTTP distributed denial-of-service DDoS attacks that exploited a recently disclosed flaw called HTTP/2 Rapid Reset, 89 of which exceeded 100 million requests per second RPS. "The campaign contributed to an overall increase of...

A week in security (October 16 – October 22)

Last week on Malwarebytes Labs: Ragnar Locker ransomware group taken down IT administrators passwords are awful too The hot topics from Europes largest trade fair for IT security Clever malvertising attack uses Punycode to look like KeePasss official website 3 crucial security steps people should...

Customer data stolen from gaming cloud host Shadow

Cloud infrastructure provider Shadow has warned of the data theft of over 500,000 customers. The customers were informed by a breach notification which was posted online. Cloud is known in the gaming world and, among other things, allows gamers to play resource heavy games on lower-end devices, T...

The privacy perils of the Metaverse

A recently released report from New York University claims that the Metaverse, an all-in-one virtual online space, poses a potentially major risk to user privacy. This is because headsets and other similar devices can collect an incredible amount of personal, physical and biometric information. T...

GAM3S.GG Raises $2M to Grow Web3 Gaming Superapp

By Owais Sultan GAM3S.GG Secures $2M Seed Funding Led by Mechanism Capital to Grow Web3 Gaming Superapp. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: GAM3S.GG Raises $2M to Grow Web3 Gaming Superapp...

Gcore Thwarts 500 Million PPS DDoS Attack on Gaming Company

By Owais Sultan Technology enhances our lives, but it also leaves us vulnerable to unprecedented cyber threats. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Gcore Thwarts 500 Million PPS DDoS Attack on Gaming Company...

A Distributed Cloud Platform Is a Priority for Gaming IT Leaders

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The Japanese Technology and Media Attack Landscape

Recently, we released a major report analyzing the threat landscape of Japan, the globe’s third largest economy. In that report we looked at the ways in which threat actors infiltrate Japanese companies spoiler alert: it is often through foreign subsidiaries and affiliates and some of the most...

Chinese Hackers Deploy Microsoft-Signed Rootkit to Target Gaming Sector

Cybersecurity researchers have unearthed a novel rootkit signed by Microsoft that's engineered to communicate with an actor-controlled attack infrastructure. Trend Micro has attributed the activity cluster to the same actor that was previously identified as behind the FiveSys rootkit, which came ...

Surviving the 800 Gbps Storm: Gain Insights from Gcore's 2023 DDoS Attack Statistics

Gcore Radar is a quarterly report prepared by Gcore that provides insights into the current state of the DDoS protection market and cybersecurity trends. This report offers you an understanding of the evolving threat landscape and highlights the measures required to protect against attacks...

Setting Strong and Unique Passwords: The First Line of Defense for PS5 Security

By Owais Sultan A strong password for your PS5 enhances security, thwarting unauthorized access and protecting your personal information and gaming… This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Setting Strong and Unique Passwords: The First Line of Defense for PS5 Security...

Setting Strong and Unique Passwords: The First Line of Defense for PS5 Security

By Owais Sultan A strong password for your PS5 enhances security, thwarting unauthorized access and protecting your personal information and gaming… This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Setting Strong and Unique Passwords: The First Line of Defense for PS5 Security...

The Rise of Blockchain Gaming and Secure Marketplaces

By Waqas Blockchain gaming and secure marketplaces are transforming the gaming industry, offering true ownership and secure trading of in-game… This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: The Rise of Blockchain Gaming and Secure Marketplaces...

Microsoft GamingServicesNet 12.77.3001.0 Unquoted Service Path

Exploit Title: Microsoft GamingServicesNet 12.77.3001.0 - 'GamingServicesNet' Unquoted Service Path Exploit Author: tmrswrr Exploit Date: 2023-05.17 Vendor : https://www.microsoft.com/store/productId/9MWPM2CQNLHN Version : 12.77.3001.0 Tested on OS: Windows 10 Enterprise Step to discover Unquoted...

Microsoft GamingServicesNet 12.77.3001.0 Unquoted Service Path Vulnerability

Exploit Title: Microsoft GamingServicesNet 12.77.3001.0 - 'GamingServicesNet' Unquoted Service Path Exploit Author: tmrswrr Vendor : https://www.microsoft.com/store/productId/9MWPM2CQNLHN Version : 12.77.3001.0 Tested on OS: Windows 10 Enterprise Step to discover Unquoted Service Path:...

[SECURITY] Fedora 37 Update: bottles-51.6-1.fc37

Easily manage Wine prefix in a new way! Run Windows software and games on Linux. Features: Create bottles based on environments a set of rule and dependencies for better software compatibility Access to a customizable environment for all your experiments Run every executable .exe/.msi in your...

[SECURITY] Fedora 38 Update: bottles-51.6-1.fc38

Easily manage Wine prefix in a new way! Run Windows software and games on Linux. Features: Create bottles based on environments a set of rule and dependencies for better software compatibility Access to a customizable environment for all your experiments Run every executable .exe/.msi in your...