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Microsoft illegally collected and retained children’s data, says FTC

June 7, 2023 admin children, COPPA, fine, FTC, games console, Gaming, microsoft, personal, privacy, settlement, video games, xbox

Categories: Personal

Tags: Microsoft

Tags: Xbox

Tags: privacy

Tags: children

Tags: COPPA

Tags: FTC

Tags: fine

Tags: settlement

Tags: games console

Tags: gaming

Tags: video games

Microsoft is counting the cost of privacy violations, with $20m in fines related to illegal data collection from children’s Xbox accounts.

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The weirdest security stories of 2022

December 12, 2022 admin 2022, 419, advergaming, advertising, apes, Astronaut, deepfake, infosec, news, nft, romance, SCAM, Social engineering, space, video games, weird

Categories: News

Tags: Weird

Tags: 2022

Tags: infosec

Tags: social engineering

Tags: scam

Tags: romance

Tags: deepfake

Tags: video games

Tags: advertising

Tags: advergaming

Tags: apes

Tags: NFT

Tags: 419

Tags: space

Tags: astronaut

We take a look at the weirdest security related stories of 2022—from apes to the great unknowns of space.

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Epic Games introduces safer accounts for kids

December 9, 2022 admin Account, articles, child safety, children, consent, Epic Games, Gaming, kids, privacy, Safety, Security, video games

Categories: Articles

Tags: Epic Games

Tags: gaming

Tags: video games

Tags: child safety

Tags: children

Tags: kids

Tags: account

Tags: security

Tags: privacy

Tags: safety

Tags: consent

The people behind Fortnite and Rocket League are trying to make online gaming safer for kids with Cabined Accounts.

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Roblox Beamers steal items from kids

February 16, 2022 admin compromise, discord, gamers, Gaming, phish, phishing, privacy, roblox, Robux, SIM swap, video games

Credit to Author: Christopher Boyd| Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2022 16:51:24 +0000

We take a look at a story regarding so-called “Beamers”, who use a number of techniques to compromise and then sell Roblox items.

Categories: Privacy

Tags: compromise discord gamers gaming phish phishing roblox Robux SIM swap video games

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City: Skylines developers warn of rogue mod

February 14, 2022 admin city: skylines, Gaming, Harmony, mod, modding, privacy, steam, video games

Credit to Author: Christopher Boyd| Date: Mon, 14 Feb 2022 18:32:19 +0000

We take a look at claims by the developers of City: Skylines that a mod contained rogue elements and should be removed immediately.

Categories: Privacy

Tags: city: skylines gaming harmony mod modding steam video games

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Technology and the power of moral panic

March 17, 2020 admin awareness, computer games, cyber, discord, elvis, hacking, kali, linux, moral panic, Poster, video games, virtual machine

Credit to Author: Christopher Boyd| Date: Thu, 05 Mar 2020 16:00:00 +0000

We look at how technology and a splash of moral panic have made for strange companions down the years.

Categories:

Awareness

Tags: computer games cyber discord elvis hacking kali linux moral panic poster video games virtual machine

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Steer clear of Bitcoin Cash generators

July 3, 2019 admin bitcoin, bitcoin cash, crypto, cryptocurrency, cryptocurrency scams, gaming scams, generator, scams, video games

Credit to Author: Christopher Boyd| Date: Wed, 03 Jul 2019 18:19:20 +0000

We take a look at a number of sites claiming to offer free Bitcoin Cash money.

Categories:

Crypto

Tags: bitcoin bitcoin cash cryptocurrency cryptocurrency scams gaming scams generator scams video games

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Fresh “video games” site welcomes new users with Steam phish

June 25, 2019 admin account hijack, ev certificate, fake steam login, Gaming, gaming security, phishing, Social engineering, steam, steam phishing, steam scam, Valve, video games, zombie account

Credit to Author: Jovi Umawing| Date: Fri, 21 Jun 2019 16:51:22 +0000

A recent Steam phishing campaign caught our eye, but looking deeper, we found it’s been around for a few months. We investigate the phish to show users how to spot the telltale signs of social engineering.

Categories:

Social engineering

Tags: account hijack ev certificate fake steam login gaming gaming security phishing steam steam phishing steam scam valve video games zombie account

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