In this week’s episode, #118: modern computer games are like mini economies and that makes them a big target for hackers. We talk with four leading researchers from Bug Crowd about how even popular games fall down on security. Also: Srinivas Mukkamala, the CEO of RiskSense about how artificial intelligence and risk based approaches to securing elections systems could pay off. Bug Hunter Eye on the Gaming Guy But first: the massively multiplayer online game FortNite isn’t just the most popular thing in the under 15 set. It’s a massive money maker for its publisher Epic games. For cyber criminals, its the gift that keeps on giving. Recent weeks have brought stories about malicious mobile downloads posing as Fortnite apps, while hackers have been fencing stolen Fortnite accounts on Instagram and in underground forums. The fact is: games are big business and the most successful among them now resemble mini […]

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