Looks like the authentication servers will be undergoing some maintenance this evening, March 16th from 11pm PST/2am EST to 1am PST/4am EST.

My password is “a” is a post from: Aurdon’s Mage Blog A Blizzard employee messages me! SQUEEEE! Here I am, minding my own business, and I get a message out of the blue by non other then “Blizzjoyce” who also happens to be a level 1 orc warrior by the way.

As I mentioned in the previous post, Tobold the tauren shaman of Single Abstract Noun is now level 20. What I didn’t mention is that he has 851 gold pieces in his pocket, having earned 1,092 gold over his live already, starting from nothing, and with no outside help. That is something I *am* proud of.

WoW plushies are awesome . Sometimes they come with in-game pets. Sometimes they mrrgl in your mailbox

Normally we don’t get too excited over updates to the Battle.net Mobile Authenticator, but reader El Oreo brought the most recent update to our attention. Version 1.1.0 of the iPhone version of the mobile authenticator contains the following updates: A new “Copy” feature lets you copy the currently displayed authentication code into your device’s clipboard.

UGO Blizzard: World of Warcraft Not for Consoles Tom’s Hardware Guide If Blizzard is to make an MMO for a console, it won’t be World of Warcraft .

MCV Blizzard: World of Warcraft unlikely to appear on console TechRadar UK Blizzard has said that its massively popular MMO World Of Warcraft will likely never arrive on home console. World of Warcraft is currently …

Hackers Bypass WoW Authenticators Tom’s Hardware Guide A new keylogger disguised as a World of Warcraft add-on is stealing account info and goods. Last week reports of a “man-in-the-middle-attack” surfaced in …

The WoW Insider Show podcast broadcast this Saturday, and your hosts Sacco and Rossi welcomed UI/addon columnist Mat McCurley on the show to talk about Cataclysm’s big stat overhaul and the latest authenticator attacks, as well as answer some reader emails and talk about chest hair. Get the podcast: [ iTunes ] Subscribe to the WoW Insider Show directly in iTunes. [ RSS ] Add the WoW Insider Show to your RSS aggregator.

Technabob (blog) World of Warcraft Under Attack by Key Logger Trojan Geeky gadgets Reports indicate that a World of Warcraft trojan is spreading that intercepts the authentication code generated by the Blizzard Authenticator system. …

Technabob (blog) world of warcraft attacked by key-logging trojan Technabob (blog) There’s a new threat in Azeroth, one so fearsome that not even the combined might of the Alliance and the Horde can stop it: Hackers. … Man-in-the-Middle Attacks Hit WoW Gamers Logging in with the authenticator ..

Patch 3.3.3 Mounts Patch 3.3.3 introduced a couple of new mounts and I think it’s time for a recap! Celestial Steed The Celestial Steed is probably the most impressive mount of his patch, it looks like a mix of Invincible and Algalon. I’m not really sure where this mount will drop for the moment but considering how cool it looks, I wouldn’t expect it to be widely available.

Escapist Magazine Your World of Warcraft add-on may turn a new sophisticated Trojan Ecommerce Journal Dedicated World of Warcraft players may fall victims to a sophisticated attack orchestrated by cyber crooks. Hackers have developed a …

Escapist Magazine WoW authenticators bypassed by middlemen hackers Register … from this author Crooks have developed a man-in-the-middle-attack designed to circumvent authentication kit used by dedicated World of Warcraft gamers. …

Make sure your account is protected… Over the weekend Blizzard alerted World of Warcraft players of the first ever recorded hacking of an Authenticator protected account:

Just a quick update from from our friends at World of Raids about the current situation regarding circumvented authenticators .

MMOCrunch reports: “The worst possible thing to happen to a MMO player is getting their account hacked. All the work that you put in to your account can be gone and the process of getting your character and items back is a painful and long process. Companies of course take steps to protect customers like Blizzard’s Authenticator for World of Warcraft but recent events show that even these aren’t fool proof.”

Several readers in the open Sunday thread alerted me to a report that the WoW authenticator has been hacked , including confirmation by Blizzard . The virus intercepts your authenticator code, sends a wrong one onwards (causing you to get an error message), and sends the right one to the hackers, who then have to use it immediately to get into your account. Well, no account security measure is ever perfect, and your account is still a lot safer with an authenticator than without one.

It has been brought to our attention that Blizzard’s technical support department is currently handling a security exploit that is, in a limited capacity, circumventing authenticators. Before we get into the details, please do not panic

Trojan succesfully hacks Authenticator Protected Accounts A new virus spawned on the internet a few days ago and seems to be the first trojan capable of hacking a WoW account protected by an Authenticator. It was confirmed by Blizzard a few hours ago. Quote from: Kropacius ( Source ) After looking into this, it has been escalated, but it is a Man in the Middle attack.