This is a discussion on Security Threat in Online Games within the Videogaming News and Reviews forums, part of the Gaming category; Many of the board members maybe familiar with ESET. According to a recent study conducted by them online gaming is ...
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| Amor vincit omnia | Many of the board members maybe familiar with ESET. According to a recent study conducted by them online gaming is proving to a easy haven for security threats. The methodology is as follows. The hacker gains access to the credentials of an account. Then he messages to all the buddies present in the buddy list of the particular player, usually it would be modified URL to a webpage hosting malicious content. The others would visit the website only to get infected because they chose to trust their friend. Here is the complete report of ESET http://www.eset.com/threat-center/th...t(Jan2009).pdf |
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| hmmm... interesting ... but such spamming with malicious links in online games are not new. |
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