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Collector Finds Long Lost StarCraft Gold Master Source Code Disc
A reddit user by the name of Khemist49 has made an amazing discovery from his recent eBay storage lot haul: Blizzard’s long lost StarCraft gold master source code disc from 1998. The disc contains the source code for the original StarCraft game that came out almost two decades ago. It…
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Acer to Pay $115K in Penalties for Credit Card Security Breach
Thousands of user’s personal data was compromised back in June 2016 after an Acer employee enabled debugging mode on the company’s e-commerce platform for nearly a year, between July 2015 through April 2016. This was initially disclosed by the Taiwanese computer manufacturer to the California attorney general last year. When…
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Bethesda Mod Theft Forces Nexus Mods Owner Into Action
When you look towards modding your games, an open community of people hosting and sharing mods helps allow your games to go to a whole new level. With new maps and mods, it’s a great selling point for games these days when you can take a great game and bring…
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Thieves Disguised as Apple Employees Keep Stealing iPhones
Apple has managed to acquire a cult following among many of its customers who often queue outside stores whenever a new product is released. This kind of brand loyalty is unbelievable and something which other companies wish to emulate. Of course, Apple tries to create an aura in their stores and…
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What Happens When A Hacker Forum Is Hacked?
These days security is everything, and when you get hacked the last thing you want is for people to start selling your data. This is where Nulled.io came in, a hacker forum that was designed to sell passwords, bitcoins and any kind of data you want. That was until they…
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Developer Pockets Kickstarter Funds – Builds Own House
Crowd funding is a dangerous community to take part in. The idea is simple if you have an idea you ask others to back it at a cost, normally in exchange for early discounts or other benefits from the project. Hit your goal and you take the money to create…
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SWIFT Technicians Could Be Behind Security Breach At The Bank Of Bangladesh
When it comes to security, there are some groups that you want to rely on and trust as almost second nature. The first group that comes to mind is your bank, because if you don’t trust your bank to handle your money and protect your accounts then you will find…
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USB Thief Infects ‘Air-gapped’ Computers And Leaves No Trace
Malware (short for malicious software) is a type of program that is intended to cause harm to a system, be it in the form of ransomware, like that which has hit several hospitals in the US, or just you generic popup creating malware. A new malware named USB Thief, looks to…
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IRS Hacked By The Same Issue They Were Protecting People From
Last year the US Internal Revenue System revealed that they had been hacked. At first they said that up to 100,000 people were affected by the hack, only to then bump that up to 334, 000 in August. The latest figures put that closer to 724,000 and set to only get…
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Bohemia Interactive Confirms DayZ Forum Hacked
DayZ see’s players fight off and survive in a harsh apocalyptic world where zombies are the second most dangerous thing, only after the other players that want all your stuff. Seems someone took that one step further and have taken people’s login details for the DayZ forums. With reports that it was hacked as…
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77,000 Steam Accounts “Hijacked” Each Month
The rise of Steam’s digital distribution store is almost indescribable and way beyond Valve’s most optimistic expectations. Some users have even argued Valve saved PC gaming from the depths of despair and made it a popular platform. However, I’m not entirely convinced by this argument and believe the PC would…
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Fallout 4 Pirate Learns Expensive Lesson as Bitcoins Go Missing
You should never pirate games or software in general, that is something that we all know. There are those who can’t resist that temptation now and the, but it can end very badly and end up costing you a lot more than just purchasing the game straight away. That was…
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Vodafone Customer Bank Details Accessed in Hack
Just over a week ago, TalkTalk’s website fell victim to a cyber-attack and revelations have emerged regarding the company’s poor security infrastructure. It seems these attacks are becoming more prevalent as today, Vodafone admitted a data breach involving 1827 customers’ personal information. This include their bank details and telephone number.…
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Arrested And Robbed All In One Night – All Streamed On Twitch
Live streaming is a big thing these days, with anybody being able to put on a camera, share their screen and show the world everything from their video games to board game parties. Sadly the opportunity to watch others from anywhere in the world has led to some rather nasty…
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US Cop Creates Gadget to Snoop out Stolen Gadgets
When we hear the phrase “US cop”, most of us probably think of a big guy hanging out in his police cruiser while stuffing his face with donuts and reading a boulevard magazine; we can thank Hollywood for that image. It is probably true that there are some of those…
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