Hacker Sneaks Infostealer Malware Into Early Access Steam Game

Warning: Hacker Might Be Prepping This Steam Game to Spread Malware

An early access game on Steam called Chemia has been updating itself to deliver 'multiple malware families,' according to cybersecurity vendor Prodaft.

Hacker sneaks infostealer malware into early access Steam game

A threat actor called EncryptHub has compromised a game on Steam to distribute info-stealing malware to unsuspecting users downloading the title.

Hacker plants three strains of malware in a Steam Early Access game called Chemia — security company found crypto-jacking infostealers and a backdoor to install yet more malware in the future

Prodaft said the Steam Early Access game contains the Fickle Stealer, Vidar Stealer, and HijackLoader malware.

Steam games abused to deliver malware once again

A cybercriminal managed to insert malicious files leading to info stealers in a pre-release of a game on the Steam platform This article has been indexed from Malwarebytes Read the original article: Steam games abused to deliver malware once again Read more → The post Steam games abused to deliver malware once again appeared first on IT Security News.

Malware sneaks onto Steam, for the third time this year

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