Gaming Security Rockstar sold pirated copies of its games on Steam, triggering anti-piracy measures A new third-party mod fixes Manhunt's glitches caused by Rockstar's DRM By Daniel Sims, September 7, 2023, 2:28 PM 10 comments
Security Apple Password-recovery firm claims it can crack passwords on Macs with T2 security chip Albeit the passwords must be short and already easy to recover using brute force By Cal Jeffrey, February 17, 2022, 8:12 PM
Software Security Hackers are infecting Windows activators like KMSPico to steal from cryptocurrency wallets Not that KMSPico is a legitimate tool By Adrian Potoroaca, December 6, 2021, 7:37 AM 18 comments
Hardware Apple Apple faces potential class-action lawsuit over cracking M1 MacBook screens It wouldn't be Apple's first rodeo By Rob Thubron, September 10, 2021, 5:16 AM 8 comments
Gaming Industry DRM maker Denuvo gets Bulgarian cracking group Revolt shutdown Leader Voksi facing prosecution calls it quits By Cal Jeffrey, July 25, 2018, 4:34 PM
Apple Security Apple's newest security feature has been thwarted in less than a day How to defeat 'Restricted Mode' for $39 or less By Cal Jeffrey, July 10, 2018, 4:15 PM
Mobile Security Cellebrite claims it can crack iOS 11 devices The latest version of iOS might not be vulnerable though By Cal Jeffrey, February 26, 2018, 7:17 PM
Security Gaming The latest version of Denuvo DRM has been cracked This is only a bypass crack so Denuvo still runs in the background By William Gayde, January 22, 2018, 1:04 PM 9 comments
Software Tech Culture The time I had to crack my own Reddit password Desperate times call for desperate measures... By Haseeb Qureshi, April 17, 2017, 8:35 AM
Software Hardware Cracking passwords using Nvidia's latest GTX 1080 GPU (it's fast) By Oleg Afonin, August 19, 2016, 9:30 AM 16 comments
Software Gaming Denuvo, the strongest game DRM available, has allegedly been cracked By Tim Schiesser, August 10, 2016, 5:30 AM 23 comments
Gaming Software Cracking PC games is getting too difficult, say pirates By Tim Schiesser, January 6, 2016, 8:00 PM 12 comments
Security Apple Personal information of 13 million MacKeeper users exposed By Shawn Knight, December 15, 2015, 8:15 AM
Security Team manages to crack more than 11 million Ashley Madison passwords By Tim Schiesser, September 11, 2015, 9:30 AM 8 comments
Security Mobile Many popular smartphone apps are vulnerable to password cracking By Tim Schiesser, July 17, 2015, 7:30 AM
News Around the Web Weekend tech reading: Cracking the 'Apple Trap' (or not), an alternative to DST, and a Bill Gates interview By Matthew DeCarlo, November 3, 2013, 11:01 AM
Security Mobile Researchers crack iOS-generated hotspot passwords in 24 seconds By Rick Burgess, June 20, 2013, 12:30 PM
Microsoft Mobile Microsoft faults developers for cracked Windows Store apps By Rick Burgess, December 12, 2012, 2:30 PM
Mobile Microsoft Windows Store crack turns trial apps into full versions By Rick Burgess, November 27, 2012, 12:02 PM 7 comments
Microsoft Security Windows 8, IE10 suffer multiple critical zero-day vulnerabilities By Rick Burgess, November 5, 2012, 7:00 PM
Mobile Apple iOS 6 jailbroken on A4 devices, newer ones will take more time By Rick Burgess, September 20, 2012, 5:00 PM
Security The Web eHarmony confirms breach, about 1.5 million passwords stolen By Rick Burgess, June 7, 2012, 3:30 PM
The Web Security LinkedIn password database leaked, company confirms intrusion By Rick Burgess, June 6, 2012, 3:41 PM 11 comments
Security Mobile iPhone and Android passcodes can be bypassed within seconds By Rick Burgess, March 28, 2012, 4:00 PM 9 comments