Big oofs for Steam lately
Infected Steam game downloads malware disguised as patch
Submitted 11 months ago by Deyis@beehaw.org to gaming@beehaw.org
https://www.gdatasoftware.com/blog/2025/09/38265-steam-blockblasters-game-downloads-malware
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t3rmit3@beehaw.org 11 months ago
GammaGames@beehaw.org 11 months ago
These threat actors bypassed initial security screening from Valve which allowed the deployment of malicious patches and infected multiple users of the platform.
Good call! Considering the initial safety check they do before approval this seems like the easiest way for it to happen
onslaught545@lemmy.zip 11 months ago
Makes me glad my gaming rig is used exclusively for gaming.
theangriestbird@beehaw.org 11 months ago
makes me glad I only play games with reviews
SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone 11 months ago
I’m glad the only Window based parts of my OS are sandboxed away since I run Linux.
Also I use a hardware wallet that can’t be accessed when it’s not plugged in to my computer.
onslaught545@lemmy.zip 11 months ago
Now that BG3 has a native Linux release, I’ll probably be killing my windows partition on that machine. I need to look into whether a proxmox VM can output directly to my GPU.
seliaste@lemmy.blahaj.zone 11 months ago
Malware can run through wine.
rozodru@piefed.social 11 months ago
glad I use NixOS in all honesty.