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Hackers Create Malicious Dota 2 Game Modes to Secretly Access Players' Systems

By Ravie Lakshmanan — February 13th 2023 at 15:31
An unknown threat actor created malicious game modes for the Dota 2 multiplayer online battle arena (MOBA) video game that could have been exploited to establish backdoor access to players' systems. The modes exploited a high-severity flaw in the V8 JavaScript engine tracked as CVE-2021-38003 (CVSS score: 8.8), which was exploited as a zero-day and addressed by Google in October 2021. "Since V8
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FTC Fines Fortnite Maker Epic Games $275 Million for Violating Children's Privacy Law

By Ravie Lakshmanan — December 20th 2022 at 06:33
Epic Games has reached a $520 million settlement with the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) over allegations that the Fortnite creator violated online privacy laws for children and tricked users into making unintended purchases in the video game. To that end, the company will pay a record $275 million monetary penalty for breaching the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) by
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Minecraft Servers Under Attack: Microsoft Warns About Cross-Platform DDoS Botnet

By Ravie Lakshmanan — December 16th 2022 at 07:10
Microsoft on Thursday flagged a cross-platform botnet that's primarily designed to launch distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks against private Minecraft servers. Called MCCrash, the botnet is characterized by a unique spreading mechanism that allows it to propagate to Linux-based devices despite originating from malicious software downloads on Windows hosts. "The botnet spreads by
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