Comment on malicious backdoor found in widely used game mod by Low Level [YouTube]
teawrecks@sopuli.xyz 1 month agoWonder if steam workshop scans for this kind of thing, or if it would have otherwise been found quicker.
Comment on malicious backdoor found in widely used game mod by Low Level [YouTube]
teawrecks@sopuli.xyz 1 month agoWonder if steam workshop scans for this kind of thing, or if it would have otherwise been found quicker.
thingsiplay@beehaw.org 1 month ago
This mod had some clever tricks to avoid detection from Antivir scanner. Not sure how deep and complex the Steam Workshop antivir scanner goes (if any). Hard to say if they would have found and prevented it. However, all antivir and other scanner software learned from this and now every malware using this technique could be detected instantly. At least in theory.
Poopfeast420@discuss.tchncs.de 1 month ago
Steam has some basic scans, but nothing special. This kind of thing happened before, with mods and even games.
thingsiplay@beehaw.org 1 month ago
I would assume so. Did this happen in Steam Workshop?
Poopfeast420@discuss.tchncs.de 1 month ago
Yes. Apparently there were enough mods like this, that someone made a list to unsubscribe from them:
steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=27…
Also, this time it’s the first Cities Skyline, I don’t know of any other games, but it wouldn’t surprise me.