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#BHUSA: How Public Standards Help to Enable Financial Fraud
#BHUSA: How Public Standards Help to Enable Financial Fraud
Financial malware used by North Korea has to rely on the same transaction standards that banks do
Aug. 6, 2020
Half of Orgs Regularly Push Vulnerable Code in App Security Programs
Half of Orgs Regularly Push Vulnerable Code in App Security Programs
43% of organizations see DevOps integration as the most important aspect of improving app security programs
Aug. 6, 2020
US Cybersecurity Firms Partner to Protect Healthcare
US Cybersecurity Firms Partner to Protect Healthcare
CynergisTek teams up with Awake Security to spot threats in healthcare networks
Aug. 6, 2020
Online Exam Tool Suffers Data Breach
Online Exam Tool Suffers Data Breach
Data breach hits online examination software used by universities
Aug. 6, 2020
Louisiana Judicial Candidate Charged with Hacking
Louisiana Judicial Candidate Charged with Hacking
Louisiana judicial candidate allegedly hacked state computers and shared confidential documents with a friend
Aug. 6, 2020
Zynga to acquire prolific hyper-casual game studio Rollic for $168 million
Zynga to acquire prolific hyper-casual game studio Rollic for $168 million
Zynga has entered into an agreement to acquire Rollic, the Istanbul-based hyper-casual mobile game developer behind games like Go Knots 3D and Tangle Master 3D.
Aug. 6, 2020
A data-driven primer for publishing agreements
A data-driven primer for publishing agreements
"I've realized that developers are at a two fold informational disadvantage: First, they don’t know what key publishing terms mean and second developers don’t know what is standard and what is not standard.”
Aug. 6, 2020
AbleGamers enlists Ryan Reynolds to highlight its mission, call for donations
AbleGamers enlists Ryan Reynolds to highlight its mission, call for donations
"They’ve helped thousands and thousands of people all around the world as an international charity," explains Reynolds. "But there are still thousands of more people that are waiting to get equipment that they desperately need."
Aug. 6, 2020
Five tips for making better loot experiences in games
Five tips for making better loot experiences in games
In tabletop games, the art of collation determines how players receive randomized items when buying blind-item packs. According to designer Eric Engelhard, those systems can work in video games too.
Aug. 6, 2020
How Teamfight Tactics was designed to target former League of Legends players
How Teamfight Tactics was designed to target former League of Legends players
At GDC Summer, Teamfight Tactics design lead David Abecassis broke down how Teamfight Tactics was designed to appeal to League of Legends players who've drifted off from high-level play.
Aug. 6, 2020
King's Sabrina Carmona offers practical tips to get more women leaders in games
King's Sabrina Carmona offers practical tips to get more women leaders in games
“If you are in a leadership role and you are responsible for building teams like me, you have to play your part in this,” Carmona told GDC Summer attendees. “Because you actually have the power."
Aug. 6, 2020
Inside the twisting, turning development of Hardspace: Shipbreaker
Inside the twisting, turning development of Hardspace: Shipbreaker
At GDC Summer Blackbird Interactive’s Rory McGuire and Elliot Hudson reveal how the studio came up with a great original game idea and, through some hard pivots, turned it into Hardspace: Shipbreaker.
Aug. 6, 2020