An apparent Minecraft RCE hack is currently taking place, impacting servers that run certain mods in the sandbox game, putting you in danger of getting hacked if you play in servers with them enabled.

Hackers are actively exploiting a 'BleedingPipe' remote code execution vulnerability in Minecraft mods to run malicious commands on servers and clients, allowing them to take control of the devices.

Now, it’s important to note that just because you use mods or play on a multiplayer server, you’re not necessarily at risk. That said, the list of mods that have been affected by BleedingPipe is large ...

Minecraft guns and firearms are apparently set to be banned under revised user policies from Mojang, which seem to state that "all references to guns and firearms are not compliant" with the current ...

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Since its initial release over a decade ago (and even following Microsoft's 2014 acquisition of developer Mojang), Minecraft has let players create private servers where they're in full control of ...