Image Credits: Apex Legends/Respawn/Electronic Arts On Sunday, the world of video games was shaken by a hacking and cheating scandal. During a competitive esports tournament of Apex Legends, a free-to-play shooter video game played by hundreds of thousands of players daily, hackers appeared to insert cheats into the games of two well-known streamers — effectively …
For years, Registered Agents Inc.—a secretive company whose business is setting up other businesses—has registered thousands of companies to people who appear to not exist. Multiple former employees tell WIRED that the company routinely incorporates businesses on behalf of its customers using what they claim are fake personas. An investigation found that incorporation paperwork for …
India Government’s Computer Emergency Response Team or CERT-In keeps sending out alerts, warning the masses about various vulnerabilities that are discovered in consumer-grade products—be it Android or iOS, Mac, or Windows. Now, it is back with yet another alert in the form of multiple ‘high’ risk vulnerabilities found in Google Chrome. CVE-2024-1283 and CVE-2024-1284 are …
It’s a known fact that downloading pirated software that is originally paid comes with a set of significant risks, including bundled malware that can put your devices and data at risk, and more. This is especially true for professional-grade software like Final Cut Pro X, which costs Rs 29,900. People often get lured by torrents …
Biotech company , known for its DNA testing kits, confirmed to that its user data is circulating on hacker forums. The company said the leak occurred through a credential-stuffing attack. A credential-stuffing attack involves user information that has already been compromised (usernames and passwords, for example) from one organization, which a hacker obtains and attempts …
Recently, news broke about the merger between Microsoft and Activision Blizzard. This led to a resurgence of interest in older Call of Duty games like Call of Duty: Black Ops and the original Modern Warfare 2. Many gamers, driven by nostalgia, dusted off their Xbox 360s or installed these classic games on their new Xbox …
A parliamentary panel expressed concerns about the rise in cyber crimes and data vulnerability. It recommended that the government develop a framework to address these risks. The panel suggested the establishment of a Cyber Protection Authority (CPA) and proposed engaging ethical hackers to test ecosystem participants. To enhance fraud prevention and detection in the banking …
Microsoft revealed in a blog post on Tuesday that a hacking group known as Storm-0558, based in China, successfully infiltrated email accounts associated with 25 organizations, including government agencies in Western Europe. The breach was only discovered weeks later when Microsoft was alerted by customers about abnormal email activity. “We believe that this adversary’s primary …