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Both officials speaking for the White House and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump have lashed out at Apple over its refusal to comply with FBI security requests. Apple boss Tim Cook yesterday said in an open letter that authorities had asked him to create a new version of iOS that …
Read More »Apple says no to FBI’s iPhone security backdoor request
iPhone manufacturer Apple has publicly stated that it will not abide by an FBI request to build in a way for authorities to bypass iOS security. Boss Tim Cook has revealed that the FBI wants Apple to engineer a new version of its iOS operating system that includes a method …
Read More »Steam suffered a major Christmas day security hiccup
Valve’s powerhouse PC gaming platform Steam suffered a significant security breach on Christmas day. The company has confirmed that between 19:50 and 21:20 (UK time) on December 25th some users were able to see the personal details of other users’ accounts. During the period, those who browsed pages containing personal …
Read More »Players don’t think developers take security seriously
PlayFab CTO Matt Augustine discusses how devs can win back gamers' trust
Read More »Around 77,000 Steam accounts are stolen every month
Valve is launching a two-factor authentication Steam Guard Mobile Authenticator app to protect its users accounts against hackers. In a post on its Steam blog, the firm details the on-going issues with users accounts being accessed and pillaged for valuable in-game items. Valve estimates that 77,000 accounts are hijacked every …
Read More »Mozilla’s Firefox now blocks Flash by default
Firefox developer Mozilla has announced that the latest version of the browser will block Flash by default. The news comes after a seemingly never-ending string of security concerns about the once popular software, the most recent of which involved the exposure of a major vulnerability detailed in 400GB worth of …
Read More »Digital Extremes infiltrated by random gamer
Reddit user spends whole day at Warframe studio, uncovers secret game, enjoys free lunch
Read More »Stop games assets from walking out the door
Perforce's Mark Warren discusses the security threats - both internal and external - that games studios face
Read More »Steam axing OAuth authentication system has left games wide open to key reselling
Steam’s decision to rescind its OAuth authentication system earlier this year is harming PC developers. OAuth protected digital PC game bundles, preventing people from taking games out of those bundles and selling them separately. Yet Valve quietly axed the system in January, and as a result third-party key resellers have …
Read More »Twitch makes users reset passwords after two potential hacks
Streaming video giant Twitch is forcing users to change their passwords after what was described as unauthorised access to some Twitch user account information”. Furthermore, some users who have already reset their passwords have been contacted again to say that their new password needs changing following another infringement. For your …
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