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With more than 2.5 billion gamers around the world, it’s no wonder cheats, hacks, and game modifications have spawned a multimillion dollar industry.

Cheats for multiplayer games are tantamount to malware, and their use in competitions to cybercrime.

Syrk ransomware is out, disguised as a Fortnite cheat pack. Learn what it is and how to recover your files.

Malware disguised as Apex Legends for Android.

The story of a guy who just wanted to download a pirated copy of a game but got malware instead. It’s happening more and more often, and we explain why.

One short message is enough to send a Sony PS4 into an infinite restart loop. Here’s how to deal with it.

Fortnite for Android is not available on Google Play. We explain how to download and install it properly, and what else to do to stay safe.

New Steam scams trick users into giving up money or account access.

People put a lot of time, effort, and money into the online games they love. And yet many of them don’t bother to protect their gaming accounts properly.

A few more tips about gaming accounts safety, or How to protect your Steam, Uplay, Origin, battle.net and so on.

Where are the most dangerous places to live? How about the biggest fans of e-mail — and of porn? All that and more in our annual cybersurvey.

A phishing scam to try and get you to hand over your battle.net account details is offering a free pet. There’s no free pet.

Gamers wanting to squeeze every bit of performance out of their systems may be tempted to turn off their antivirus. Cybercriminals love that. How to set up security for maximum gaming performance.

DotA 2 forum breach leaks 2 million accounts, probably has consequences

Spanish magazine Red Seguridad recently granted an award to the Kaspersky CyberSafety Management Games training program.

We talk about ever-present connectivity. What does that mean for raising kids?

Age-based gaming ratings serve as a warning that the contents of the game may be unsuitable to children. We will review different rating systems used to label console and PC games.

A new MaaS malware hits gamers and businesses.

Criminals hijack 77,000 Steam accounts every month.

Our vocabulary continues to evolve as we see slang enter our lexicon. From Googling to memes once-thought silly words have become accepted. This evolution is also impacting the way we write and punctuate statements online.

Despite our dismay about too much computer in our kids’ lives, it’s a process, which cannot be stopped now. Since we cannot stop it, let’s steer it in the right direction!