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AWS outage crashes Amazon, Prime Video, Fortnite, Perplexity and more
AWS outage has taken down millions of websites, including Amazon.com, Prime Video, Perplexity AI, Canva and more.
- October 20, 2025
- 04:24 AM
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FTC approves $126 million in Fortnite refunds over ‘dark patterns’
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has approved $126,000,000 in refunds to be sent to 969,173 Fortnite players as part of a settlement over allegations that Epic Games tricked users into making unwanted purchases.
- June 26, 2025
- 04:27 PM
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New Webinar: Choose Your Own Investigation — Browser Attack Edition
Modern attacks have shifted focus to the browser, yet detection tools remain largely blind to the crucial activity happening there.
Join Push Security on February 11th for an interactive "choose-your-own-adventure" webinar on ClickFix, credential phishing, and other in-browser attacks we've observed in the wild.
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FTC distributes $72 million in Fortnite refunds from Epic Games
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is distributing over $72 million in Epic Game Fortnite refunds for the company's use of dark patterns to trick players into making unwanted purchases.
- December 10, 2024
- 12:05 PM
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University websites using MediaWiki, TWiki hacked to serve Fortnite spam
Websites of multiple U.S. universities are serving Fortnite and 'gift card' spam. Researchers observed Wiki and documentation pages being hosted by universities including Stanford, MIT, Berkeley, UMass Amherst, Northeastern, Caltech, among others, were compromised.
- April 21, 2023
- 04:35 AM
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Epic Games to pay $520 million for privacy violations, dark patterns
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) says Epic Games, the maker of Fortnite, will pay $520 million to settle allegations of violating children's privacy laws and using dark patterns to trick millions of gamers into making unintentional in-game purchases.
- December 19, 2022
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Yahoo becomes the next US firm to pull services out of China
Yahoo is pulling its services out of China, citing an 'increasingly challenging operating environment.'
- November 03, 2021
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How to install and update Fortnite on iOS after App Store ban
Apple has banned the Fortnite mobile app from the iOS App Store, but there is still a way to install it or update it to the latest version if you had previously installed it.
- August 14, 2020
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Epic Games Sues YouTuber CBV for Selling Fortnite Cheats
In a lawsuit filed Tuesday, Epic Games is suing a YouTuber who goes by the name CBV for allegedly selling cheats Fornite and ruining the game for other users.
- June 20, 2019
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Bug in Fortnite Authentication Left Accounts Open to Take Over
Weaknesses in Epic Games' authentication process for the highly popular Fortnite left gamers' accounts exposed to take over risks. An attacker could have stolen login tokens by just tricking the victim into clicking a link.
- January 16, 2019
- 06:33 AM
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Fortnite Android App Vulnerable to Man-in-the-Disk Attacks
Google security researchers have revealed this week that the immensely popular Fortnite Android app is vulnerable to so-called man-in-the-disk (MitD) attacks.
- August 25, 2018
- 07:17 PM
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5 Examples of How Cheating in Fortnite Gets You Infected
Have you ever heard the saying "If it's too good to be true, then it probably is." If so, then it applies perfectly to programs that claim they can help you cheat in Fortnite or earn free V-Bucks. In this article we take a look at 5 malware samples that pretend to be Fortnite cheats, hacks, or tools.
- August 10, 2018
- 04:39 PM
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Fortnite Season 4 Is Here With Hoppin' Hop Rocks and a Redesigned Map
A new season of Fornite Battle Royale has arrived and the mysterious Comet has finally laid waste to the region. While Tilted Towers survived the impact for the most part, the map is now littered with impact craters and industrial sites that are collecting the powerful shards left behind by the Comet's destruction.
- May 01, 2018
- 10:54 AM
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Fortnite 3.5 Update: Port-a-Fort, New Replay System, Weapons Nerfed, and More
Tomorrow, April 11th at 4AM ET, the 3.5 update for Fortnite is being released. While it has not been officially announced what will be included in the update, a Tweet by the official Fortnite Twitter account hinted that we will at least be getting the Port-a-Fort.
- April 10, 2018
- 11:17 PM
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Fortnite for iOS is Live and Invites Are Being Sent Out Now
The mobile iOS version of Fortnite is now live on the App Store and invites are on their way! Some of you who have already signed up will start receiving your invites via email, which contain a special link to iOS Fortnite on the App Store.
- March 15, 2018
- 05:37 PM
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Fake Fortnite Mobile iOS Invites Being Pushed On Social Sites
Whenever something newsworthy comes out there will always be people who try to take advantage of it. A perfect example of this is the Fortnite iOS mobile invite that launched today, where people are impatiently waiting for the invite codes to be released, while others try to trick them into purchasing fake ones.
- March 12, 2018
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Fortnite iOS Mobile Invite Event Signup Page Now Live (UPDATED)
For those who have been anxiously awaiting Fortnite's iOS Mobile invite signup, it is now live! iOS users can now signup using a new account or by using their existing PC, Xbox, or Playstation accounts.
- March 12, 2018
- 09:43 AM
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