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STEM Teachers Focus on Cyber at Summer Camp
STEM Teachers Focus on Cyber at Summer Camp
Funded by an NSA grant, Penn State University is offering a free cybersecurity summer camp for STEM teachers.
July 31, 2018
UK Consumers Prefer Security to Convenience
UK Consumers Prefer Security to Convenience
CA study confounds some old myths about authentication
July 31, 2018
Criminals Avoid Detection Using Old Campaigns
Criminals Avoid Detection Using Old Campaigns
The June 2018 threats report from McAfee Labs finds a return of Gold Dragon, Lazarus.
July 31, 2018
Registry Keys Vulnerable with COM Hijacking
Registry Keys Vulnerable with COM Hijacking
Malware looks like a legitimate file in a new attack technique, according to Cyberbit.
July 31, 2018
SimCity 2000 remake removed by EA for using copyrighted assets
SimCity 2000 remake removed by EA for using copyrighted assets
Electronic Arts filed a DMCA takedown request against the fan-created version of Sim City 2000, titled OpenSC2K, after pointing out the developer behind the remake used stolen art assets.
July 31, 2018
The Sinclair ZX Vega+ is finally being shipped to Indiegogo backers
The Sinclair ZX Vega+ is finally being shipped to Indiegogo backers
A version of the Sinclair ZX Vega+ console dubbed the 'Blankety Blank' has started to ship to backers, but it seems they aren't impressed with the product.
July 31, 2018
Steam user count has decreased 17 percent since January
Steam user count has decreased 17 percent since January
Steam is currently seeing a big decline in the number of people playing games (and even having Steam open on their computers) since January of this year.
July 31, 2018
Switch sales lead Nintendo's first quarter while 3DS and mobile income stagnate
Switch sales lead Nintendo's first quarter while 3DS and mobile income stagnate
Sales of both 3DS software and hardware decreased year-over-year, while income generated by Nintendo's mobile game library increased by less than one percent.
July 31, 2018
Nintendo has sold nearly 20M Switch systems and 87M Switch games
Nintendo has sold nearly 20M Switch systems and 87M Switch games
Nintendo says 19.67 million systems have been sold, with roughly 1.8 million of those purchases falling during the three month quarter spanning April 2018 to June 2018.
July 31, 2018
Valve adds safeguards to Steam to address concerns over fake item scams
Valve adds safeguards to Steam to address concerns over fake item scams
Just one day after removing a game from Steam for, among other things, facilitating Steam trading scams, Valve has introduced new features to protect users from similar scams.
July 31, 2018
PlayStation VR co-creator Richard Marks has swapped Sony for Google
PlayStation VR co-creator Richard Marks has swapped Sony for Google
Marks had been with Sony for almost two decades, and in recent times helped create the PlayStation VR virtual reality headset as well as the PlayStation Move motion controller.
July 31, 2018
Sales up at Sony as PS4 software exceeds expectations
Sales up at Sony as PS4 software exceeds expectations
Sony has released its financials for the first quarter ended June 30, 2018, and rising PS4 software sales have been fueling growth in the company's games division.
July 31, 2018