In May we read that game maker Blizzard, developer of a series of popular games including World of Warcraft, Diablo III and Starcraft, was hacked, but that turned out to just be individual compromised accounts from some of its users. Now we read, from Blizzard itself rather than a third party, that they have been … More Blizzard Entertainment hacked – this time for real (lessons learned)
If you are a player of popular computer games like StarCraft II, World of Warcraft or Diablo III, you’d be wise to change your battle.net password as well as for any accounts that used the same one. According to Blizzard’s Mike Morhaime, some of their servers have been compromised and breached by hackers. In a … More Battle.net breached by hackers!
Malware authors have grown very attached to the idea of subverting legitimate business models for illegal purposes. Our Russian colleagues Aleksandr Matrosov and Eugene Rodionov described how the DogmaMillions cybercrime group distributed a rootkit using a pay per install scheme. DogmaMillions group seems to have been somewhat uncomfortable with the copious attention it received last … More CyberThreats Daily: A look at the inner workings of cybercrime
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