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Hackers have long been engaging with the gaming world: from cracking games and creating cheats, to, more recently, attacking esports players live during an Apex Legends tournament. Regarding the latter, we break down what happened and how it could have been avoided.

Malicious versions of the free-to-download game Super Mario 3: Mario Forever plant a miner and a stealer on gamers’ machines.

Minecraft mods downloaded from several popular gaming websites contain dangerous malware. What we know so far.

Why scammers are more likely to target kids than hardcore gamers, how they do it, and what they want to steal

Our research reveals gamers’ attitudes toward computer performance — and the ethics of winning and losing.

The RedLine Trojan stealer spreads under the guise of cheats for popular games and posts videos on victims’ YouTube channels with a link to itself in the description.

An unnamed hacker allegedly stole two million dollars’ worth of items from a CS:GO player’s backpack and has already started auctioning off the items.

Most computer infections come from visiting porn sites, or so some people say. Are they right?

How are criminals able to hack ATMs and get away with money? Here are four videos that show how ATMs can be vulnerable.

There have long been rumors in the InfoSec community that in the wake of recent revelations, foreign institutions embraced old-school means of keeping their secrets safe. Namely, once again embracing the typewriter. This is actually like betting on horse carriages at the dawn of the auto industry – sort of denying the future.

Virus Bulletin is a traditionally enterprise-focused event, but each year topics of consumer interest, like Apple malware, hackable devices and Bitcoin are presented.

Google’s mobile operating system joins Apple’s iOS in offering full disk encryption by default to all users in its newest version — Android 5.0 aka Lollipop.

The newly disclosed Darkhotel APT campaign will surely draw increased scrutiny to hospitality systems’ security worldwide. Hoteliers acknowledge the existence of security problems in their software systems, and many are opting to move these systems into the cloud. Is this a viable solution?

Kaspersky Lab experts analyze the security and privacy trends that emerged in 2014, including anonymous Tor browsing, ransomware, APT attacks and more.