It’s all fun and games until you get hacked – and this is just one risk of downloading cracked games. Phil Muncaster. 12 Jul 2022 • , 4 min. read.

Rockstar Games recently found itself in hot water when it accidentally sold cracked versions of some really popular titles, including Midnight Club 2, Max Payne 2, and Manhunt, on Steam.

Predicting which games will be cracked. Volkmann also pored over the data to see if there was any leading indicator for a game being cracked quickly after release. Overall, ...

'Cracked' Windows games poisoned with cryptocurrency-mining malware have infected more than 200,000 PCs, security firm Avast said.

Pirated or cracked versions of games have long been a hotbed for malware distribution, and cybercriminals are now using CAPTCHA challenges to make their attacks even more effective. According to a ...

The attack is said to have a global reach and mainly targets users looking for cracked pirated games and GitHub users. The infection spreads in two main ways. In the first scenario, ...

A large-scale malware campaign dubbed "StaryDobry" has been targeting gamers worldwide with trojanized versions of cracked games such as Garry's Mod, BeamNG.drive, and Dyson Sphere Program.