Video games are more than entertainment; they’re a $200 billion global industry. But as gaming grows, so do cyberattacks. Hackers now see games as goldmines for stealing data, extorting companies, and exploiting players.  According to Infosecurity Magazine, Akamai’s 2024 report shows that attacks on gaming platforms are rising alarmingly. In 2024 alone, the industry suffered … Continue reading Gamer Over? Why Hackers Target Popular Video Games & How to Stay Safe

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Social media is all around us, helping us stay connected, updated, and entertained. But beneath the endless scroll, a darker reality exists. Hidden cybersecurity threats are growing- some obvious, others much harder to spot. The risks are especially alarming for young users. According to the National Institutes of Health, up to 95% of teens aged … Continue reading How Social Media Use Can Create Hidden Cybersecurity Risks

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Reddit was the latest victim of a phishing campaign. The social media company has confirmed that a breach allowed the hackers to access internal documents and a source code following a “highly targeted” phishing campaign. However, according to the company, the hack did not lead to the loss of sensitive information. Reddit confirms a phishing … Continue reading Reddit suffers a phishing attack as hackers access internal data and a source code

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Reddit was the latest victim of a cybersecurity attack. The social media platform was infiltrated by hackers earlier this week. The breach allowed the hackers to steal internal documents and the source code. The hackers obtained these documents by accessing the internal business systems at the company. Hackers infiltrate Reddit According to Reddit, hackers infiltrated … Continue reading Reddit confirms data breach after an employee’s details were compromised

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CoW Swap, a decentralized exchange, was the recent victim of a hacking exploit. The contract exploit on the DeFi protocol led to the loss of around 550 BNB. The exploit led to the hacker approving fund transfers from the protocol without authorization. CoW Swap hacker exploited for over 550 BNB MevRefund, a blockchain surveying platform, … Continue reading CoW Swap admits to over 550 BNB theft after a contract exploit

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Cybersecurity researchers have issued an alert of hackers using the Microsoft Visual Studios Tools for Office (VSTO) to conduct hacking campaigns. VSTO can be compromised by threat actors to achieve persistence and to run code in the victim machines using malicious Microsoft Office add-ins. Hackers might use Microsoft Visual add-ins to spread malware Security researchers … Continue reading Hackers could start using Microsoft Visual add-ins to distribute malware

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Immunefi recently published a report on the types of payments used in ransomware attacks. The report showed that threat actors were taking payments in cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin. The data shows that 98% of the ransomware payments are demanded to be paid in Bitcoin. Ransomware hackers walk away with $70M in Bitcoin Ransomware attacks have … Continue reading Hackers walk away with $70M Bitcoin in ransomware attacks

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The parent company of a popular password manager, LastPass, known as GoTo (formerly LogMein), recently released new details about the recent breach of LastPass’ systems. According to the firm, the breach — confirmed by LastPass on November 30th, 2022 — resulted in the theft of customers’ backups. However, the parent firm also confirmed that the … Continue reading Hackers stole customers’ encrypted backups from LastPass, says parent company GoTo

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A hacker going by the handle maia arson crimew has managed to take the world by surprise. The 23-year-old hacker has managed to successfully breach US security and obtained the complete No-Fly List of the US government. A total of 1.5 million known or suspected terrorists were revealed on the List. The best part about … Continue reading Access to US No-Fly List gained by Maia, Swiss Hacker

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Data breach notifications are being sent to thousands of PayPal users. These users had recently seen their accounts accessed by a vicious credential-stuffing attack that struck the platform, exposing the personal data of some users. Credit Stuffing Attacks Credential stuffing attacks in and of themselves are when hackers utilize username/password combinations sourced from various data … Continue reading Thousands Of Users Compromised Amid Paypal Credential Stuffing Attack

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On Thursday, the 20th of January, 2023, T-Mobile, a telecom giant, has revealed that a hacker had managed to gain access to an entire trove of personal data. According to the filing, the hacker had managed to breach the data of $37 million people. 37 Million Customers Had Data Compromised According to T-Mobile, the so-called … Continue reading Hacker Accesses 37M Customers’ Data Amid T-Mobile Data Breach

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Goose Goose Duck stands as a popular free social detective game. The game, where one must find the duck among the geese, has recently managed to surpass the popularity of Among Us, breaking the game’s record of Simultaneous users. Now, however, an interesting bit of information has come up: The game’s servers are trapped in … Continue reading Goose Goose Duck Servers Suffering DDoS-Attacks Every Day Now

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All across the Internet,  fake websites are being set up by hackers to download various popular open-source software. Through the use of Google’s advertisement tools to promote malware instead of the actual software. NFT God One Of The Prominent Victims The Cryptocurrency space had recently seen one such event take place where a prominent figure … Continue reading Hackers Utilize Google Ads To Push Malware In VLC, 7-Zip, CCleaner

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Nissan North America suffered a major data breach, and it is already alerting customers of the same. The breach happened at a third-party service provider, which led to customer information being exposed. Nissan North America suffers a data breach The company has already reported the security incident to the Office of the Attorney General of … Continue reading Nissan North America reveals data breach that exposed customer information

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Thousands of customers of Norton LifeLock have been affected by a data breach that compromised their accounts. The attacks enabled the threat actors to access customer password managers according to the details revealed by Gen Digital, the parent company of Norton LifeLock. Gen Digital customers affected by a data breach Gen Digital sent out a … Continue reading Over 6000 Norton LifeLock affected by a data breach

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