Archiv für März 2026

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Patch Tuesday, February 2026 Edition

Microsoft today released updates to fix more than 50 security holes in its Windows operating systems and other software, including patches for a whopping six „zero-day“ vulnerabilities that attackers are already exploiting in the wild.

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Kimwolf Botnet Swamps Anonymity Network I2P

For the past week, the massive „Internet of Things“ (IoT) botnet known as Kimwolf has been disrupting the The Invisible Internet Project (I2P), a decentralized, encrypted communications network designed to anonymize and secure online communications. I2P users started reporting disruptions in the network around the same time the Kimwolf botmasters began relying on it to evade takedown attempts against the botnet’s control servers.

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IFPA’s Player of the Month/Biggest Movers for January 2026!

Here are the January 2026 IFPA winners for Player of the Month and Biggest Movers: Player of the Month: Dustin Goldbarg from Sunnyvale, CA (404.74 WPPR’s – MAIN) Sunshine Bon from Columbia, MO (114.60 WPPR’s – WOMEN’S) Biggest Movers: Kali Blanchard from San Antonio , TX (+42,413 spots) Sacha Lhermitte from France (+26,250 spots) Craig Halicki from Kansas […]

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IFPA celebrates 20th Anniversary!

This upcoming Friday, February 27th marks the 20 year anniversary since the rebirth of the International Flipper Pinball Association. On February 27th, 2006 the AMOA assigned the rights of the then defunct IFPA over to Steve Epstein and Roger Sharpe to see if they could elevate the awareness and visibility of pinball across the globe. […]

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PinShades – INDISC Tournament Series This Week!

sponsored blog post It Never Drains in Southern California™ and The Open IFPA World Championship™ pinball tournament series will be held at the Murrieta Hot Springs Resort in Murrieta California from February 26th – March 1st, 2026. We’ll hope you’ll join us for 4 days of competitive pinball or to experience our free play machines available for […]

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IFPA Quarter Drop – 2026 1Q

Welcome to the IFPA Quarter Drop This is the first edition of the IFPA Quarter Drop, a new quarterly update intended to give the community more visibility into the work happening behind the scenes at IFPA. Most people naturally see the public facing side of IFPA through rankings, events, and results. But there is also […]

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Daniele Acciari wins 5th Major Championship!

In the history of competitive pinball, very few (36 in fact) have had the chance to call themselves a Major Champion. Like professional golf or tennis, the opportunity to join this elite club only happens a handful of times every year. THE OPEN 2026 brought together one finalist looking to add their name to this […]

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2026 IFPA Pin-Masters – LIVE RESULTS

Click HERE to see Qualifying results! Click HERE to see Finals results! Click HERE to watch the stream! Finals start at 8pm Tonight! NOVICE FINAL Erik Graciosa (87) –> 16 strokes – NOVICE CHAMPION Glenn Krause (89) –> 22 strokes Bob Twichell (96) –> 23 strokes Michael Kolman (100) –> 17 strokes

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March 2026 Staffing and Organizational Announcement

The IFPA is proud to announce two new members to the team: Christina Capra and Emily Cosson! Christina Capra Christina Capra started playing competitive pinball 6 years ago in Wilmington, NC with the Cape Fear Flipper club before moving to Charlotte, NC and joining the Abari league. Christina is the IFPA state representative for women’s […]

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