The Byte Surge

Live News

14.8°C
  • London
October 16, 2026
Follow Us:

Category: Security

A promotional image of Activision's Call of Duty: Warzone video game.
Security

Hacker says they banned ‘thousands’ of Call of Duty gamers by abusing anti-cheat flaw | TechCrunch

In October, video game giant Activision said it had fixed a bug in its anti-cheat system that affected...

A screenshot of the malware-laced video game PirateFI.
Security

Hackers planted a Steam game with malware to steal gamers’ passwords | TechCrunch

Last week, Valve removed a game from its online store Steam because the product was laced with malware....

A screenshot of the PirateFi Steam page.
Security

Valve removes Steam game that contained malware | TechCrunch

Valve removed a game from its Steam video game platform and store because it contained malware, according to...

A promotional image of Call of Duty: Black Ops 6.
Security

Call of Duty cheaters complain after Activision launches new wave of mass-bans | TechCrunch

Several players of the popular first-person shooter Call of Duty complained last week that they were permanently banned...

A screenshot from a game of Valorant, Riot Games' competitive online first-person shooter.
Security

How Riot Games is fighting the war against video game hackers | TechCrunch

For as long as there have been video games, there have been people willing to find ways to...

A promotional image for Electronic Art's first-person shooter Battlefield 6.
Security

Electronic Arts blocks more than 300,000 attempts to cheat after launching Battlefield 6 beta | TechCrunch

Games giant Electronic Arts launched an open beta over the weekend for its upcoming first-person shooter Battlefield 6,...