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Verizon Hit by Another Amazon S3 Leak
Verizon Hit by Another Amazon S3 Leak
Verizon Hit by Another Amazon S3 Leak. Engineer-owned bucked containing data marked ‘confidential’ exposed
Sept. 25, 2017
Over a Quarter of UK Councils Hit by Ransomware
Over a Quarter of UK Councils Hit by Ransomware
Over a Quarter of UK Councils Hit by Ransomware. The good news is that local authorities are backing up, not paying up
Sept. 25, 2017
Deloitte Hack Exposes Confidential Email for World's Largest Companies—Report
Deloitte Hack Exposes Confidential Email for World's Largest Companies—Report
The attackers hit the global email server via a hacked administrator account lacking two-factor authentication.
Sept. 25, 2017
BankBot Resurfaces in Google Play with New Tricks
BankBot Resurfaces in Google Play with New Tricks
It calls itself Jewels Star Classic—in an effort to be conflated with a legitimate mobile game called simply Jewels Star.
Sept. 25, 2017
#ISC2Congress: FBI Calls for a Rational Non-Emotional Approach to Risk and Security
#ISC2Congress: FBI Calls for a Rational Non-Emotional Approach to Risk and Security
#ISC2Congress: FBI Calls for a Rational Approach to Security
Sept. 25, 2017
Rich Vogel departs BattleCry Studios to join Certain Affinity
Rich Vogel departs BattleCry Studios to join Certain Affinity
Vogel departs his position as president at BattleCry Studios to join Certain Affinity as vice president of technology and services.
Sept. 25, 2017
A look at WeFly: The Wii Pilotwings game that never came to be
A look at WeFly: The Wii Pilotwings game that never came to be
Factor 5 founder Julian Eggebrecht has released never-before-seen footage of WeFly: the open-world Pilotwings game that never saw the light of day.
Sept. 25, 2017
Razer is getting into the smartphone business before year-end
Razer is getting into the smartphone business before year-end
Just ahead of its IPO in Hong Kong, the video game peripheral and hardware manufacturer has announced that it is working on its own smartphone “specifically geared toward gamers and entertainment.”
Sept. 25, 2017
Postmortem: Greater accessibility through audio in Killer Instinct
Postmortem: Greater accessibility through audio in Killer Instinct
"A main directive was to make sure each character/game mode was identifiable enough that someone would be able to tell what was going on even if they weren’t in the same room that the game was being played in."
Sept. 25, 2017
Gamescom 2017 indie roundup, part 2
Gamescom 2017 indie roundup, part 2
Part two of IndieGame.com's roundup of some of the most striking independent titles on display at the 2017 Gamescom in Cologne, Germany.
Sept. 25, 2017
Concept art shows Valve almost added women to Team Fortress 2
Concept art shows Valve almost added women to Team Fortress 2
It looks like Valve contemplated adding women to the cast of Team Fortress 2 at one point, before ultimately deciding against the move.
Sept. 25, 2017
Layoffs at The Chinese Room as Dear Esther creator 'goes dark'
Layoffs at The Chinese Room as Dear Esther creator 'goes dark'
"Between financial pressures, trying to keep the lights on for the employed team, the stress of end-of-development, and health issues, it just wasn’t a tenable thing anymore."
Sept. 25, 2017