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Watch out for Steam account malware on Twitch.tv
+56We recently received a report from a concerned user about malware that is being advertised via Twitch's chat feature. A Twitch-bot account bombards channels and invites viewers to participate in a weekly raffle for a chance to win things such as "Counter-Strike: Global Offensive" items.
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By Eduard Kovacs on September 12, 2014
Many users of Steam, Valve’s online gaming platform, have complained over the past few weeks about game items getting stolen, and the culprit appears to be a new piece of malware.
According to Doctor Web, the attackers use Steam chat and forums to lure their victims by sending messages claiming that they want to trade various items. The “image” files attached to these messages, which show the items allegedly being traded, hide a piece of malware detected by the Russia-based security firm as Trojan.SteamBurglar.1.
Once it’s executed, the Trojan targets the steam.exe process and extracts information on game items, Dr. Web said. Then, the items are transferred to an account owned by the attacker. The threat is designed to look for key words such as “legendary,” “immortal” and “rare” to make sure that the stolen items are valuable.
A similar (possibly the exact same) piece of malware has been analyzed by a researcher at F-Secure who has uncovered a slightly different attack vector. The cybercriminals have been using bots on the Amazon-owned gaming video platform and community Twitch to advertise so-called raffles in which users can win “Counter Strike: Global Offensive” items.
SecurityWeek/ full article here/ http://www.securityweek.com/cybercriminals-target-steam-users-new-trojan
Many users of Steam, Valve’s online gaming platform, have complained over the past few weeks about game items getting stolen, and the culprit appears to be a new piece of malware.
According to Doctor Web, the attackers use Steam chat and forums to lure their victims by sending messages claiming that they want to trade various items. The “image” files attached to these messages, which show the items allegedly being traded, hide a piece of malware detected by the Russia-based security firm as Trojan.SteamBurglar.1.
Once it’s executed, the Trojan targets the steam.exe process and extracts information on game items, Dr. Web said. Then, the items are transferred to an account owned by the attacker. The threat is designed to look for key words such as “legendary,” “immortal” and “rare” to make sure that the stolen items are valuable.
A similar (possibly the exact same) piece of malware has been analyzed by a researcher at F-Secure who has uncovered a slightly different attack vector. The cybercriminals have been using bots on the Amazon-owned gaming video platform and community Twitch to advertise so-called raffles in which users can win “Counter Strike: Global Offensive” items.
SecurityWeek/ full article here/ http://www.securityweek.com/cybercriminals-target-steam-users-new-trojan
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