{"id":312978,"date":"2021-11-20T09:16:43","date_gmt":"2021-11-20T09:16:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/yorunoteiou.com\/?p=312978"},"modified":"2021-11-20T09:16:43","modified_gmt":"2021-11-20T09:16:43","slug":"hackers-target-online-games-in-bid-to-infect-players-with-malware","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/yorunoteiou.com\/?p=312978","title":{"rendered":"Hackers target online games in bid to infect players with malware"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Security researchers say hackers have infiltrated developers of popular online game and Taiwan.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">According to ESET, who didn&#8217;t name the companies, the developers run massively multiplayer online (MMO) games and have thousands of <a href=\"https:\/\/healthtian.com\/?s=active%20daily\">active daily<\/a> users.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"artSplitter mol-img-group\" style=\"style\">\n<div class=\"mol-img\">\n<div class=\"image-wrap\">  <\/div>\n<p>  <img id=\"i-daed06570648461e\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\" alt=\"The compromises affect multiple game developers based in south Korea and Taiwan but it's unclear which companies were breached (stock)\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" \/>  <\/div>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">The compromises affect multiple game developers based in south Korea and Taiwan but it&#8217;s unclear which companies were breached (stock)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Breaches were discovered in February and relevant companies were notified, they say.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.healthynewage.com\/?s=Researchers\">Researchers<\/a> say that in one recorded case, hackers who gained privileged access to a developer&#8217;s servers could have offloaded malware into &#8216;video game executables&#8217; which are available to players.<\/p>\n<div>\n<div data-track-module=\"am-related_carousel^related_carousel\" data-track-selector=\".rotator-panels a:not([class*=external])\" data-dm-rotator-rotate=\"false\" data-track-pos=\"static\" data-preferred-shared-network-enabled=\"\" data-dm-rotator-auto-init=\"\" id=\"p-22\" class=\"related-carousel with-fb-or-tw sciencetech half\" data-dm-rotator-active-class=\"active\" data-dm-rotator-page-count=\"2.0\" data-dm-social-article-auto-init=\"\" data-dm-rotator-page-size=\"1\">\n<div class=\"rotator bdrcc\">\n<div class=\"rotator-title\">\n<h2>RELATED ARTICLES<\/h2>\n<ul class=\"rotator-pages link-xocc\">\n<li class=\"rotator-prev\"><\/li>\n<li><\/li>\n<li><\/li>\n<li class=\"rotator-next\"><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<ul class=\"rotator-panels link-bogr1 linkro-ccox\">\n<li>   <\/li>\n<li>  <\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<p><u><strong>                <\/p>\n<div class=\"fb\"><\/strong><\/u><\/p>\n<p><h2>Share this article<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<p><div class=\"share\"><span class=\"wai\">Share<\/span><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;In at least one case, the attackers were able to compromise the company&#8217;s build orchestration server, allowing them to take control of the automated build systems,&#8217; the researchers write.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;This could have allowed the attackers to include arbitrary code of their choice in the video game executables.&#8217;<\/p>\n<div class=\"artSplitter mol-img-group mol-hidden-caption\" style=\"style\">\n<div class=\"mol-img\">\n<div class=\"image-wrap\">  <\/div>\n<p>  <img id=\"i-214b24cd2d325d35\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\" alt=\"\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" \/>  <\/div>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">In another instance, ESET says hackers who compromised game servers would have been able to manipulate in-game currency for financial gain.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">ESET researchers attribute the work to a hacking collective called the\u00a0Winnti Group who have previously infiltrated other games developers, including Nfinity <a href=\"https:\/\/paiza.io\/projects\/bLLJ_evyIrS0uOsE-hiU0g\">games guides<\/a> in 2018.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">It&#8217;s unclear how many users, if any ,were affected by the hacks, according to researchers.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- ad: website --><\/p>\n<p><b>            &lt;div id=&quot;external-source-links&quot; 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