With 250 million registered gamers, Fortnite is nothing short of a global gaming phenomenon. It's also a prime target for criminals looking to profit on the competitive nature of Fortnite players. The ...

Fortnite boasts more than 200 million active players, and a recent exploit found by Check Point Software Technologies could have put all of them at risk. The vulnerability, first discovered in ...

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The company immediately alerted developer Epic Games, which tells Variety it fixed the massive security hole this month. “We were made aware of the vulnerabilities and they were soon addressed,” a ...

Attackers are taking aim at Fortnite’s global community of 250 million gamers. A ransomware that calls itself “Syrk” is targeting gaming juggernaut Fortnite’s enormous user base, purporting to be a ...

Game Rant writer for over 3 years! Trevor is a lifelong gamer who loves all types of games, but especially RPGs, platformers, and Fortnite. Ever since popping in the cartridge for The Legend of Zelda: ...

An “underground” economy potentially worth a billion dollars a year, all from the apparently hacked accounts of popular video games like "Fortnite." Night Lion Security, which specializes in digital ...

If you’re an avid Fortnite player, your computer may be in danger. Cyren, a cybersecurity firm, has discovered that a free game hack tool – “Syrk” – is actually ransomware in disguise. So, basically, ...