Security News

Researcher Discloses Second Steam Zero-Day After Valve Bug Bounty Ban
2019-08-21 20:40

After Valve banned him from its bug bounty program, a researcher has found a second zero-day vulnerability affecting the Steam gaming client.

Gamers Beware: Zero-Day in Steam Client Affects All Windows Users
2019-08-12 15:07

Valve said it wouldn't fix an elevation-of-privilege bug that allows attackers to run any program on a target machine with high privileges.

ThreatList: Ransomware Trojans Picking Up Steam in 2019
2019-06-14 18:52

Attackers continue to push the boundaries with modular trojans and ransomware attacks, a new report found.

Ransomware rebounding in popularity as cryptojacking loses steam
2019-06-13 14:07

Hackers are going back to the tried-and-true method of simply demanding ransoms be paid in cryptocurrencies, rather than trying to covertly mine them.

Epic in hot water over Steam-scraping code
2019-03-19 11:39

Players noticed that Epic Games was gathering and storing data from Steam accounts without their permission.

I found a security hole in Steam that gave me every game's license keys and all I got was this... oh nice: $20,000
2018-11-09 22:39

Sorry kids, it was patched weeks ago by Valve A bloke has told how he discovered a bug in Valve's Steam marketplace that could have been exploited by thieves to steal game license keys and play...

Hacker Who DDoSed Sony, EA and Steam Gaming Servers Pleads Guilty
2018-11-09 08:33

A 23-year-old hacker from Utah pleaded guilty this week to launching a series of denial-of-service (DoS) attacks against multiple online services, websites, and online gaming companies between...

'DerpTroll' derps into plea deal, admits DDoS attacks on EA, Steam, Sony game servers
2018-11-08 10:52

Austin Thompson, 23, cops to $95,000 worth of damage The man accused over DDoS-bombing several online games hosts in 2013 and 2014 has entered a guilty plea under a deal with US authorities.…

Steam Bans Developer After Outcry Over Cryptomining, Scam Items
2018-08-01 13:06

A simple, 2D game raised eyebrows after it was found to be consuming big amounts of processing power.

Valve Patches 10-Year Old Flaw in Steam Client
2018-05-31 16:42

A remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability that existed in the Steam client for at least 10 years was fully patched only in March this year, according to security firm Context Information Security.