How Roblox completely transformed its tech stack

Picture yourself in the role of CIO at Roblox in 2017. At that point, the gaming platform and publishing system that launched in 2005 was growing fast, but its underlying technology was aging, consisting of a single data center in Chicago and a bunch of third-party partners, including AWS, all running bare metal (nonvirtualized) servers. […] Continue reading How Roblox completely transformed its tech stack

Hackers hit Reddit; deface 70+ Subreddits with Pro-Trump messages

By Sudais Asif
Before Reddit, in June 2020, more than 1,150 Roblox accounts were also hacked with pro-Trump content.
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Smashing Security podcast #185: Bieber fever, Roblox, and ransomware

Who’s been dressing Robox players up in red baseball caps? Which ransomware victim’s negotations got spied on by the media? And should Jason Bieber think twice before touching his hat? Oh, and we need to talk about squirrels…
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Hackers deface Roblox accounts with pro-Trump messages

By Sudais Asif
Roblox has over 100 million registered users but only a handful of accounts were compromised. As the US presidential election is nearby, voters across the 50 state empire are betting on their candidates in light of the proposals they off… Continue reading Hackers deface Roblox accounts with pro-Trump messages

Smashing Security #177: Elon Musk, Roblox, and Love Bug author found

What can X Æ A-12 Musk teach us about passwords? How did our guest finally hunt down in Manila the author of one of history’s biggest virus outbreaks? And what on earth is a hacker doing breaching Roblox security?
All this and much more is discus… Continue reading Smashing Security #177: Elon Musk, Roblox, and Love Bug author found

Google, Mozilla Ban Hundreds of Browser Extensions in Chrome, Firefox

After discovering a wide pattern of potentially malicious behavior in browser extensions, the two search giants are cracking down. Continue reading Google, Mozilla Ban Hundreds of Browser Extensions in Chrome, Firefox

Pen Testing, SIM Hijackers, & Mining Bitcoin – Paul’s Security Weekly #568

In the Security News this week, the evolutionary waves of the penetration testing, the SIM Hijackers, Roblox blames virtual “gang rape” on hack, thousands of Mega logins dumped online, Facebook refuses to remove fake news but demote it, all… Continue reading Pen Testing, SIM Hijackers, & Mining Bitcoin – Paul’s Security Weekly #568