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Apple faces a fresh security threat with reports that the jailbreaking community has made a breakthrough in accessing newer iOS devices. The Register reports that an exploit concerning the Lightening connector found in modern Apple units has for the first time opened access to Apple’s serial kernel debugger. This was …
Read More »Raptr users warned to change passwords after site hack
Video games social network Raptr has said that some of its users’ data may have been accessed in a recent hack of its servers. As a consequence, founder and CEO Dennis Fong has advised all users to reset their passwords, even though the data that was potentially accessed was part …
Read More »Hackers leak personal details of 1,800 Minecraft players online
Account information published in plain-text format; currently unclear if more users affected
Read More »Hacker bomb threat diverts plane with SOE president on board
FBI investigating incident
Read More »Five-year old boy cracks Xbox Live security flaw
Kristoffer Von Hassel given four games, $50 and year-long subscription for discovering vulnerability
Read More »Facepunch bans more than 4,500 Rust players
Studio takes action against hackers using in-house anti-cheat software CheatPunch
Read More »Beat the cheats: Taking the fight to the hackers
Develop looks at the FairFight cheat prevention tool as it bids to rid the game world of rule breakers
Read More »Hackers batter Origin, Steam, Battle.net and League of Legends
Alleged DDoS attacks taken servers offline and cause widespread disruption of digital storefronts
Read More »Cyber attackers raid data of 2.9m Adobe users
Flash creator fears the details of almost 3m Adobe customers has been stolen
Read More »League of Legends hacked
Some user data exposed, possibly including hashed and salted passwords and credit cards
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