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Nintendo Switch Hackers Will be Judged

Nintendo Switch Hackers Will be Judged

The leaders of Team Xecuter, a hacker group that targeted Nintendo Switch, have heard the charges and will stand trial.

hardware & software

Mikolaj Laszkiewicz

October 3, 2020

Nintendo Switch Hackers Will be Judged

Data of Half a Million Activision Accounts Leaked [Updated]

Activision has become a target of hackers. According to numerous sources, data of at least 500 thousand users was leaked as a result of a recent successful hack into the company's servers.

video games

Jacob Blazewicz

September 22, 2020

Data of Half a Million Activision Accounts Leaked [Updated]

Cheaters Banning Innocent CS:GO Players Caught Valve's Attention

Valve's John McDonald announced a solution to the problem of Counter-Strike: Global Offensive hackers using bots to abuse the Overwatch system. The victory was short-lived, but apparently the company took the complains of the players to heart.

video games

Jacob Blazewicz

August 20, 2020

Cheaters Banning Innocent CS:GO Players Caught Valve's Attention

More Than Billion Android Phones at Risk From Security Gap in CPUs

Vulnerabilities found in Qualcomm processors are putting more than one billion Android devices at risk.

hardware & software

Mikolaj Laszkiewicz

August 10, 2020

More Than Billion Android Phones at Risk From Security Gap in CPUs
Intel has a Problem - 20 GB of Classified Data and Tools Have Leaked

Intel has a Problem - 20 GB of Classified Data and Tools Have Leaked

There has been a major leak of classified data at Intel. A 20-gigabyte package containing, among other things, CPU blueprints and tools used by the company's employees has surfaced online.

hardware & software

Bart Swiatek

August 7, 2020

Intel has a Problem - 20 GB of Classified Data and Tools Have Leaked

Hackers can Attack a Quick Charger to Burn Your Phone

Experts from the Chinese company Xuanwu Lab have discovered a dangerous security gap that allows the quick charger to be hacked and consequently used to melt or ignite the device connected to it.

hardware & software

Bart Swiatek

July 21, 2020

Hackers can Attack a Quick Charger to Burn Your Phone

Twitter Got Hacked; Bill Gates, Elon Musk and Co. Don't Want Your Money

Hackers attacked Twitter and took over the accounts of famous people and companies such as Elon Musk, Bill Gates and Apple. Profiles were used to scam money. The criminals managed to get over $117,000 from the victims.

hardware & software

Bart Swiatek

July 16, 2020

Twitter Got Hacked; Bill Gates, Elon Musk and Co. Don't Want Your Money

Roblox Experiences Invasion of Pro-Trump Hackers

Roblox, the online platform for creating our own video games has become the target of a rather unusual attack from hackers. They hacked over 1600 accounts and set up elements to encourage user to vote for Donald Trump in the upcoming US presidential election.

video games

Milosz Szubert

July 2, 2020

Roblox Experiences Invasion of Pro-Trump Hackers

Hackers From Anonymous Join the Attack on TikTok

The group known as Anonymous claims that TikTok is a tool used by the Chinese government to spy and contains numerous security gaps.

hardware & software

Mikolaj Laszkiewicz

July 2, 2020

Hackers From Anonymous Join the Attack on TikTok

Australia Under Massive Cyber Attack From Another State

The Australian Prime Minister reported that his country was attacked by hackers. The perpetrators were most likely acting in the service of another, unspecified country. The cyber attack affected many entities in a variety of sectors - from government, through basic services and services, industry, to important infrastructure.

hardware & software

Bart Swiatek

June 19, 2020

Australia Under Massive Cyber Attack From Another State

Hackers Can Steal Data Using PC Radiators

Hackers keep inventing new ways to steal our confidential data. Researchers at Ben Gurion University have reported that cybercriminals may seize files on disks of computers not connected to the Internet!

hardware & software

May 7, 2020

Hackers Can Steal Data Using PC Radiators

The Last of Us 2 - Hackers Likely to be Responsible for Recent Leak

We learned more about the videos from The Last of Us: Part 2 that were recently leaked. Much suggests that hackers who used the keys from Naughty Dog's earlier games to get to the TLoU2 movies are responsible for this.

video games

Adrian Werner

May 4, 2020

The Last of Us 2 - Hackers Likely to be Responsible for Recent Leak

Hackers May Have Gained Data From 160,000 Nintendo Accounts

Nintendo has commented on unauthorised logins to Nintendo Account. According to the company, hackers may have used data related to about 160,000 Nintendo Network accounts.

hardware & software

Jacob Blazewicz

April 24, 2020

Hackers May Have Gained Data From 160,000 Nintendo Accounts

Major Security Gap Detected in iOS

One of Apple's system apps enables third party to attack a selected device, virtually without user intervention. The company announced work on a patch.

hardware & software

Mateusz Popielak

April 23, 2020

Major Security Gap Detected in iOS

Turns out Sensitive Data of 270 Million People are Not Worth Much

The profiles of millions of Facebook users have leaked to the Dark Web. They could be bought in the form of a list for 500 euros.

hardware & software

Mateusz Popielak

April 22, 2020

Turns out Sensitive Data of 270 Million People are Not Worth Much

Nintendo Targeted by Hackers? Rumors of User Data Leak

Internet users report suspicious activities on their Nintendo accounts. Many users noticed unauthorized login attempts, which in some cases resulted in the use of related PayPal accounts and payment cards.

hardware & software

Jacob Blazewicz

April 20, 2020

Nintendo Targeted by Hackers? Rumors of User Data Leak

Gmail Blocks 18 Million Fake Coronavirus Emails Daily

Google's email filters block 18 million phishing or malware emails every day, which are related to the coronavirus pandemic. This is almost 20% of all messages blocked by Gmail filters.

hardware & software

Arkadiusz Strzala

April 17, 2020

Gmail Blocks 18 Million Fake Coronavirus Emails Daily

GTA Online: Best Weapon to Defend Against Cheaters Costs Fortune

The battle between regular players and cheaters has been going on since the first multiplayer games were developed. This time a certain Reddit user has found a way to find cheaters using God Mode in GTA Online.

video games

April 1, 2020

GTA Online: Best Weapon to Defend Against Cheaters Costs Fortune

Hacker Stole Data of AMD's Xbox Series X GPU and New Radeons

AMD has confirmed that data related to, e.g. the Arden chipset, which will power the Xbox Series X console, has been stolen.

hardware & software

Adrian Werner

March 26, 2020

Hacker Stole Data of AMD's Xbox Series X GPU and New Radeons

Microsoft is Trying to Plug a Critical Security Gap in All Windows

Microsoft warns its users against malware that could infect their computers. The company is already working on an appropriate patch, which is a priority for the programmers.

hardware & software

March 25, 2020

Microsoft is Trying to Plug a Critical Security Gap in All Windows