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There are over 60 apps pretending to be Among Us News Nov 24th, 2020

There are over 60 apps pretending to be Among Us

"Cybercriminals and, more specifically, malware designers, are paying close attention to the rise and fall of popular gaming trends in order to decide upon their next target"

Minecraft players will need a Microsoft account from 2021 News Oct 23rd, 2020

Minecraft players will need a Microsoft account from 2021

To increase account security

Razer accidentally leaks info of over 100,000 customers News Sep 15th, 2020

Razer accidentally leaks info of over 100,000 customers

Data including phone numbers, email and mailing address were made public on website

Avast reports 47 HiddenAds apps to Google News Jun 23rd, 2020

Avast reports 47 HiddenAds apps to Google

17 can still be downloaded

as Nintendo claims that a further 140,000 accounts may have been breached earlier this year News Jun 9th, 2020

Nintendo claims that a further 140,000 accounts may have been breached earlier this year

160,000 accounts were hacked in March

Over 170 million passwords stolen in Zynga breach News Dec 20th, 2019

Over 170 million passwords stolen in Zynga breach

"Cyber-attacks are one of the unfortunate realities of doing business today"

Epic Games struck with class-action lawsuit over Fortnite account hacks News Aug 14th, 2019

Epic Games struck with class-action lawsuit over Fortnite account hacks

More than 100 class members have filed the document against battle royale phenomenon

E3 organiser ESA leaks contact details of journalists, influencers and analysts News Aug 5th, 2019

E3 organiser ESA leaks contact details of journalists, influencers and analysts

US trade body has apologised for the, er, "inconvenience" that this has caused attendees

Google Play introduces new target audience features to make the platform safer for kids News May 30th, 2019

Google Play introduces new target audience features to make the platform safer for kids

All apps will need to meet the new standards by September 1st 2019

Roblox aims to boost safety and security efforts with new digital civility hire Job News Jan 17th, 2019

Roblox aims to boost safety and security efforts with new digital civility hire

Long-time consultant Laura Higgins becomes the studio's first director of digital civility

Consumer group complains to FTC over 'inappropriate' kids apps News Dec 20th, 2018

Consumer group complains to FTC over 'inappropriate' kids apps

Children's games and apps were found to breach federal privacy laws in the United States

1 Google Play removes 13 phoney apps from a single developer for installing malware News Nov 27th, 2018

Google Play removes 13 phoney apps from a single developer for installing malware

But not before the racing games accumulated over half a million downloads

Facebook confirms 30 million users had their login details stolen last month News Oct 15th, 2018

Facebook confirms 30 million users had their login details stolen last month

The company is working alongside the FBI to find the attacker

1 Credit card thieves reportedly laundering money through Clash of Clans and Clash Royale News Jul 19th, 2018

Credit card thieves reportedly laundering money through Clash of Clans and Clash Royale

Kabam’s Marvel Contest of Champions also said to be a target

Intel hits back against widespread CPU bug reports News Jan 5th, 2018

Intel hits back against widespread CPU bug reports

CPUs from Intel, ARM and AMD all affected by a potential security exploit

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