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Winter Olympics Site Taken Out for 12 Hours
Winter Olympics Site Taken Out for 12 Hours
Winter Olympics Site Taken Out for 12 Hours. Russia suspected of pre-ceremony cyber-attack
Feb. 12, 2018
Crypto-Mining Malware Found on 4000+ Sites
Crypto-Mining Malware Found on 4000+ Sites
Crypto-Mining Malware Found on 4000+ Sites. ICO, NHS, US Courts and other government sites hit
Feb. 12, 2018
IBM Patches Spectre and Meltdown for Power Servers
IBM Patches Spectre and Meltdown for Power Servers
IBM Patches Spectre and Meltdown for Power Servers. Big Blue also warns of new Notes vulnerability
Feb. 12, 2018
Lazarus Rises Again with Aggressive Bitcoin-Stealing Campaign
Lazarus Rises Again with Aggressive Bitcoin-Stealing Campaign
The campaign uses implants that have never before been seen and indicate a newly sophisticated level of attack.
Feb. 12, 2018
MSSPs Waste Hours of Time on False Alerts
MSSPs Waste Hours of Time on False Alerts
A full 44% of respondents report a 50% or higher false-positive rate on security alerts.
Feb. 12, 2018
Necurs Fuels Massive Valentine's Day Spam Campaign
Necurs Fuels Massive Valentine's Day Spam Campaign
The campaign delivers short email blurbs supposedly from Russian women living in the US.
Feb. 12, 2018
For Ubisoft, loot box inclusion boils down to two things: quality and choice
For Ubisoft, loot box inclusion boils down to two things: quality and choice
“On loot boxes, what we can say is that we define it as a question of quality and choice," explains Ubisoft CFO Alain Martinez. "As simple as that.”
Feb. 12, 2018
Peek at some original design documents for Mega Man X
Peek at some original design documents for Mega Man X
Design documents revealed during the recent Rockman Unite event held in Japan to commemorate the 30th anniversary of Mega Man X gives some insight into a few of the game's characters.
Feb. 12, 2018
F2P Let It Die exceeds 4 million downloads since launch
F2P Let It Die exceeds 4 million downloads since launch
The free-to-play game Let It Die has surpassed 4 million downloads on the PlayStation 4 since being published in December 2016.
Feb. 12, 2018
Designing drama into the turn-based combat of Divinity: Original Sin 2
Designing drama into the turn-based combat of Divinity: Original Sin 2
“Fights are basically performances, and you want some kind of plot in them," Divinity: Original Sin 2 systems designer Nick Pechenin says in this deep dive into how (and why) the game's combat works.
Feb. 12, 2018
Alt.Ctrl.GDC Showcase: Grave Call
Alt.Ctrl.GDC Showcase: Grave Call
Grave Call buries a player in a coffin with a smartphone and a low battery, having them communicate clues with a police dispatcher in order to be found in time.
Feb. 12, 2018
Baldur's Gate and Dragon Age scribe David Gaider departs Beamdog
Baldur's Gate and Dragon Age scribe David Gaider departs Beamdog
The veteran scribe is known for breathing life into popular franchises such as Neverwinter Nights, Dragon Age, Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic, and Baldur's Gate.
Feb. 12, 2018