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ESET: Android App 'iRecorder – Screen Recorder' Trojanized with AhRat
ESET: Android App 'iRecorder – Screen Recorder' Trojanized with AhRat
With over 50,000 downloads, the screen recording app was initially legitimate, but the malicious functionality was later implemented
May 23, 2023
GoldenJackal Targets Diplomatic Entities in Middle East, South Asia
GoldenJackal Targets Diplomatic Entities in Middle East, South Asia
According to Kaspersky, GoldenJackal has been active since 2019
May 23, 2023
Fata Morgana Watering Hole Attack Targets Shipping, Logistics Firms
Fata Morgana Watering Hole Attack Targets Shipping, Logistics Firms
The attack targeted Israeli websites and has been linked to a nation-state actor from Iran
May 23, 2023
Google Unveils Bug Bounty Program For Android Apps
Google Unveils Bug Bounty Program For Android Apps
Rewards range from $750 for certain MiTM scenarios to $30,000 for some ACE vulnerabilities
May 23, 2023
Life is Strange dev Deck Nine Games hit with staff layoffs
Life is Strange dev Deck Nine Games hit with staff layoffs
Deck Nine's round of layoffs come months ahead of its upcoming release, The Expanse: A Telltale Series.
May 23, 2023
Bandcamp has successfully unionized at Epic Games
Bandcamp has successfully unionized at Epic Games
Before the weekend started, Bandcamp's employees had a majority vote to become the first union inside of parent company Epic Games.
May 23, 2023
Microsoft ended 2022 by deleting 7.51M "inauthentic" Xbox accounts
Microsoft ended 2022 by deleting 7.51M "inauthentic" Xbox accounts
The back half of 2022 saw Microsoft step up its account enforcement game.
May 23, 2023
Nintendo sued over Mario Kart Tour's "immoral" microtransactions
Nintendo sued over Mario Kart Tour's "immoral" microtransactions
This is probably not what Nintendo expected to roll.
May 23, 2023
Former DICE creative director and Battlefield vets form new studio TTK Games
Former DICE creative director and Battlefield vets form new studio TTK Games
TTK Games is currently working on a next-generation online shooter.
May 23, 2023
Blizzard says new AI concept art tool represents "major evolution"
Blizzard says new AI concept art tool represents "major evolution"
Blizzard has told staff that a new AI tool called Blizzard Diffusion will leave them "amazed."
May 23, 2023
Super Mario Bros. video game theme song honored by Library of Congress (NPR Interview)
Super Mario Bros. video game theme song honored by Library of Congress (NPR Interview)
The Super Mario Bros. theme music becomes the first game music preserved in the National Recording Registry of the Library of Congress. This article includes the full transcript of game composer Winifred Phillips’ interview for the NPR show The Sounds Of America about the significance of this preservation of a seminal work of video game music.
May 23, 2023
Sentinel is a new FPS using Unreal Engine 5 from former Halo and Call of Duty developers
Sentinel is a new FPS using Unreal Engine 5 from former Halo and Call of Duty developers
Pathless Productions, a team of former Halo and Call of Duty developers, announced a new FPS game using Unreal Engine 5, Sentinel.
May 22, 2023