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In-game features of the just-released FIFA 21 title give scammers easy access its vast audience. Continue reading FIFA 21 Blockbuster Release Gives Fraudsters an Open Field for Theft
Attackers are taking aim at Fortnite’s global community of 250 million gamers. Continue reading Fortnite Ransomware Masquerades as an Aimbot Game Hack
[Ben] made an interesting discovery during the FIFA World Cup in 2018, and used it to grant himself the power to call goals before they happened. Well, before they happened on live TV or live streaming, anyway. It was possible because of the broadcast delay on “live” broadcasts, combined with the sports betting industry’s need for timely and detailed game state tracking.
He discovered that a company named Running Ball provides fairly detailed game statistics in digital form, which are generated from inside the stadium as events occur. An obvious consumer of this data are sports betting services, and [Ben] …read more
Continue reading Calling World Cup Goals Before They Happen, By Polling a Betting Site
A round up of the security news from June 25 – July 1, including a look at the EU cyber force proposal, cryptomining dialing things down, and the risks of handing out personal information online.
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Week in security… Continue reading A week in security (June 25 – July 1)
The World Cup is in full swing, and attackers are busy both on and off the pitch. Which of the competing nations are under fire from malware authors? Who is sailing through qualifying rounds mostly untouched? What are the most popular threats in t… Continue reading World Cup 2018: malware attacks gunning for goal
The RoboCup is an annual contest to build and program teams of soccer-playing robots. Continue reading Watch the Final Match of the Robot World Cup
World Cup travelers should leave their mobile phones, laptops and tablets behind. Continue reading U.S. Intelligence Cautions World Cup Travelers on Mobile Use
Coinrail cryptocurrency exchange goes offline after hack, Russia appears to be ‘live testing’ cyber attacks, and Florida stopped running background checks on gun buyers because of forgotten password.
All this and much much more is discussed in the late… Continue reading Smashing Security #082: World Cup cybersecurity, crypto crashes, and a bang of a password fail
Scammers recently targeted Booking.com customers via WhatsApp messages and texts asking them for full payment for holidays. Continue reading World Cup, Vacation Scams Lead in Phishing Trips this Summer
A new visualization tool can filter a quarter million tweets into a 100 word ‘sentence’ in real-time. Continue reading Could Interactive ‘Uber-Tweets’ Kill Hashtags?