2K Games, a California-based video game publisher, reported that a cyberattack had hit its help desk platform, wherein the hackers sent fake support tickets to the targeted customers to spread malware. From the firm’s statement via a Twitter post, they confirmed that their help desk platform had been hacked by an unknown entity, targeting one...Continue Reading
An unidentified threat actor who successfully conducted a Rockstar games hack has exposed the gameplay videos and source code of the sixth franchise of the long-time hit video game series Grand Theft Auto (GTA). The hackers had infiltrated Rockstar Game’s Confluence wiki and Slack servers. They initially exposed the gameplay videos and source code on...Continue Reading
Steam users are not safe against another form of cyberattack, the Browser-in-the-Browser (BitB) method, which goes after professional gaming accounts to be hacked and sold access online. Based on reports, compromised Steam accounts could be sold to other hackers in underground marketplaces for around $100,000 to $300,000. The campaign involves a certain phishing kit that...Continue Reading
Malicious threat actors have recently been spotted exploiting the Genshin Impact anti-cheat system to conduct ransomware attacks. The game’s module coded as mhypro2[.]sys does not need the targeted system to fully install the game since it can operate independently or be embedded in malware. This system allows adversaries to obtain a critical flaw that can...Continue Reading
One of the largest trading platforms for Counter Strike: Global Offensive (CS:GO) called CS[.]Money has taken down its website temporarily after a cyberattack against it occurred. The hackers managed to loot over 20,000 items from the trading platform that are worth a whopping $6 million. Counter Strike is one of the most famous first-person shooter...Continue Reading
The SolidBit ransomware’s new variant is circulating in the cybercriminal landscape, targeting gamers and social media users online. Based on reports, the new ransomware variant is uploaded on GitHub and propagated by impersonating an application to bait targets. Most targeted applications included well-known games such as the League of Legends account checker feature. Once an...Continue Reading
A hack had recently transpired against a popular virtual pets browser game called Neopets, wherein about 69 million users’ personal information had been compromised. Previously, the same gaming platform had also undergone a data breach attack last 2013 when researchers identified hackers selling over 26 million stolen accounts from Neopets users on the dark web....Continue Reading
A new botnet, dubbed Mantis, that security researchers spotted last June was said to have performed a record-breaking DDoS (distributed denial-of-service) attack against its targets, being described as one of the most powerful botnet variants. From the reports about the Mantis botnet, its attacks had topped at 26 million HTTPS requests per second, coming from...Continue Reading
Bandai Namco, one of Japan’s game publishing giants, had recently disclosed a data breach against their internal networks that compromised critical data of their customers from different Asian regions, excluding Japan. As a well-known company that publish video games, Bandai Namco has developed and released several fan-loved games, including Dark Souls, Tekken, Elden Ring, PacMan,...Continue Reading
A recent dark web investigation of iZOOlogic researchers revealed that several Indian gambling firms’ databases had been found for sale on cybercrime forums. Based on the information gathered by our researchers, a threat actor under the username “stash09” had posted the database leaks on underground marketplaces for interested clients to purchase. Cyberattacks in India have...Continue Reading
