ROOT Team House Fundraiser Marathon

When:  April 18, 2013 Thursday night after State of the Game and runs for 24 hours. [State of the Game starts at 22:00 EST on April 18th]

Stream: http://twitch.tv/rootgaming

ROOT Gaming:  http://root-gaming.com

PSA: Social Engineering (Security) NATO & You

I read on ZDNet today, about a Social Engineering attack on NATO using Facebook, that story also referenced this link from The Guardian.

[Edited to add, see also this story on Sony dealing with Hacking problems & Security.]

I cover IT and related security issues from time to time, even though this is a Starcraft 2 blog, because I know IT security is a real issue for anyone that uses computers and the internet.

I have had personal identity information stolen a couple of times already, and I have friends that have had gaming accounts hacked.

Not to mention some professionals in Esports, Mrs. Violence & JP McDaniel to name two that I know for certain that have been hacked.

I felt this was worth mentioning, both as a reminder, but also to make people think.

According to ZDNet "senior British military officers, Defense Ministry officials, and other government officials" were fooled by this attack.

All of those people receive some training in the basics of information security, controlling access to information that is not just IT, yet they fell victim to this attack.

Makes me think that not only do people need to learn more about security, they also need to practice good security habits more often.

If your interested in learning more about IT Security click Security or Hacking, those Labels can also be found at left side of Blog in the Label Cloud.

Check Six,

Cliff

MLG Winter Arena 2012: SaSe vs San

Sase vs San, a PvP, in Game 1 from the Losers Bracket of MLG's Winter Arena 2012, cast by djWheat & JP McDaniel.       Game 2  ||  Game 3

I have been a fan of SaSe's ever since I first saw him do some totally sick DT/Warp Prism Micro, I hear he had some really great games in this MLG, I haven't watched the games yet myself, that way I can't accidentally let slip any spoilers!  ^_^

PSA: Strong Passwords, prevent your Gaming Accounts from being Hacked.

Several friends of mine have had their gaming accounts hacked.

I have had my credit card info stolen, still don't know how or where it happened.

I was reminded of this topic, recently when JP McDaniel @itmeJP was hacked:

"Well shit. My XBL account got hacked and they bought $500 worth of points. That's annoying @redban was just talking about this too, le sigh"

So I have been doing some more research on the topic.

I found this interesting site for strong passwords https://www.grc.com/passwords.htm
they also have information and freeware.

I am not a computer geek or IT Security expert, though I did check their site on McAfee, and it shows as green, with one Red download, the freeware "Leaktest", which I don't know if Leaktest is really malware or that is just the way McAfee classified it.

State of the Game leaving MLG

SOTG and MLG are parting ways, full story here http://sotg-sc2.blogspot.com/2012/01/back-to-our-roots.html

"When the show debut's next Thursday, January 19th, we will be going live at our new time, 7:00 p.m. EDT"

I think he will be streaming SOTG at his twitch channel http://www.twitch.tv/itmejp but Tweeted him asking for conformation.  Lookes like the stream will be http://www.twitch.tv/stateofthegame

JP will be posting VOD's of the show at http://www.youtube.com/user/itmeJP/featured

I wish JP and the rest of the SOTG crew success on their new path.