The old debate on whether it would be ethical to use viruses to detect and even clean other viruses has largely been won by the law of unintended consequences: it's simply too dangerous. But that doesn’t mean it doesn’t happen accidentally...

We’re all somewhat familiar with Frankenstein’s monster: an abomination that has been stitched together, a sum of repurposed body parts, given new life that requires re-learning how to be a creature. The heady themes of Mary Shelley’s famous novel have now made their way into the information security realm thanks to cyber-researchers at the University of Texas at Dallas, who have created a monster malware stitched together from other, legitimate programs’ parts.

The Mahdi trojan cyber-espionage attack continues to expand in the Middle East, and especially Iran, despite its detection last month.

This edition of Critical Reception examines online reaction to Electronic Arts' football franchise update Madden NFL 13, which reviewers describe as "the best Madden of the generation."

Every other week, Gamasutra examines the most popular Facebook games, like Zynga's recently launched ChefVille and its fast-growing audience, which is making up for the developer's other shrinking titles.

In highlights from Gamasutra's Member Blogs, our bloggers write about diverse topics, such as the 15-year anniversary of N64 classic GoldenEye 007, justified nudity in games, and more.

While franchises like FIFA and NHL have focused primarily on male athletes over the years, EA Sports is beginning to show more interest in giving female stars more time in the spotlight.

Square Enix has found a new way to cash in on its older core games, adopting the free-to-play model that has done so well for the mobile and social spaces.

After ArenaNet launched Guild Wars 2 a few days ago, some users were lambasting the company for banning players unfairly. But then the dev took to social media to set the record straight, with great results.

Raynaldo Rivera (aged 20), aka neuron, royal and wildicv, has been taken into custody following his indictment last week charging him with conspiracy and unauthorized impairment of a protected computer; that is, last year’s Sony hacks.

Kim Dotcom never accepted that Meagupload was finished. Now he has said that it will return, bigger, better and more secure than ever. “We are building a massive global network. All non-US hosters will be able to connect servers & bandwidth. Get ready.”

On 7 August 2012, the Hungarian anti-virus company VirusBuster announced the cessation of its similarly-named VirusBuster anti-virus product: the development department is “no longer sustainable in its current form and therefore is in the process of closing down.”