#game-industry-security

#game-industry-security

"Today, our Board took decisive action to protect what generations before us fought to build. These so-called prediction markets are an attempt to bypass tribal authority and recast gambling as a financial product. We will not allow that. We will stand united to defend tribal sovereignty and the integrity of Indian gaming."

Cookie banners have become bloated and useless, creating a new kind of interaction that means trouble all over the web. The only solution is to get rid of them, and do it now.

Seth Moulton described Polymarket's acceptance of bets on the downed pilots' fate as DISGUSTING, emphasizing that their safety was unknown while people were betting on their rescue.

Anthropic simply left the stage door open with the entire Claude Code source ready and waiting for the right person to find it. This unprecedented leak has allowed for a deeper understanding of the AI software development assistant.

Leonid Radvinsky's death leaves a void in the leadership of OnlyFans, a platform that has transformed the adult content landscape. His secretive management style and the controversies surrounding the site have raised questions about its future direction and stability.

I haven't played Crimson Desert enough, but we had everything that I've seen from Crimson Desert in the plans for that game. It was signed with a big publisher that has a lot of famous IPs...And then they just changed business direction again and wanted to focus on their existing IPs instead of new ones. They broke up with us on a text message, which I will never forgive them for.

Daniil Maksimovich Shchukin, 31, of Krasnodarskiy, Russia, led the two ransomware operations between early 2019 and mid-2021, involved in 130 extortion attempts.

We are aware of some nefarious invites happening in-game and are actively working on shutting it down. Please do not accept these invites!

"World Cloud Security Day is a useful reminder to recognize how much cloud risk now comes down to everyday access decisions and overlooked misconfigurations," says James Maude, Field CTO at BeyondTrust.

The FBI is investigating a hacker suspected of publishing several video games laced with malware on the popular PC games store Steam. In its announcement looking for victims who may have been infected, the FBI listed the following games suspected of being developed by the same cybercriminal over the last two years, hosted on the Steam store but embedded with malware: BlockBlasters, Chemia, Dashverse/DashFPS, Lampy, Lunara, PirateFi, and Tokenova.

The Malta Gaming Authority has identified a breach within one of its systems and immediately activated its internal response protocols. Upon identification, all necessary containment and mitigation measures were implemented as a precaution, and the Authority has dedicated all relevant technical and operational resources to a thorough investigation.

The FBI's Seattle Division is seeking to identify potential victims installing Steam games embedded with malware. The FBI believes the threat actor primarily targeted users between the timeframe of May 2024 and January 2026.

"We are aware that many modern game development environments have AI powered tools built into them. Efficiency gains through the use of these tools is not the focus of this section," reads the generative AI disclosure form for developers, as seen in a screenshot posted by Carless on LinkedIn. "Instead, it is concerned with the use of AI in creating content that ships with your game, and is consumed by players. This includes content such as artwork, sound, narrative, localization, etc.," the form reads.