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Caution: A new Trojan horse targeting gamers has been unveiled

Security researchers at Kapersky have discovered a new spyware designed to steal users' information on platforms such as Sets, Bus, Origins and Ubisoft.

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Tuesday, 05 October 2021, 18:31 Updated: 18:49

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(Photo: Official Website, Kaspersky)

Researchers at Kaspersky Security Labs have discovered a new Trojan horse known as BloodyStealer that threatens gamers' user accounts.

The new spyware, which is sold to anyone around Darknet at a cheap and attractive price, is able to locate and steal users' information from a wide range of popular gaming platforms, such as Steam's largest gaming platform in the world and other well-known platforms such as Epic Games Store, Origin, Ubisoft and more.

The new spyware is equipped with state-of-the-art technologies that allow it to evade detection attempts at a variety of different security levels, making it one of the most dangerous threats gamers can encounter today.

The stolen user information is also sold throughout the Darknet at attractive prices - for example $ 14 for details of a thousand users.

This activity allows attackers to exploit accounts with a legitimate and innocent appearance in order to use them to commit additional cyber scams.

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Even if it is now focused on gamers, BloodyStealer's capabilities allow it to steal a wide range of user information such as cookie usage information, passwords, online forms, browser credit cards, screenshots, login information and even information patterns taken from various computer applications - mainly platforms To purchase games.

The most attacked platform is of course Steam, which is today considered the largest and most popular gaming platform.

Kaspersky researchers first discovered BloodyStealer activity in March.

At the time, the Trojan was offered to users at a very bargain price of less than $ 10 for a one-month subscription and up to $ 40 for the spy for unlimited use for a limited time.

Dmitry Galob investigates cyber Kaspersky Lab recommends users to do several things to keep your account: purchase games official stores (and avoid illegal downloading of online games) and it is important to use slogans integrated verification phases, and data security solutions and advanced options of the different platforms. "

Dmitry commented on Case in point: "Even though cybercriminals offer paid purchase or rental options for spyware, many users seem willing to pay the price to get access to it.

BloodyStealer is a Trojan horse with a wide and impressive range of capabilities, and its developers continue to add new features to it on a regular basis.

There is no doubt that cybercriminals want to get their hands on gamers' accounts.

User accounts offered for sale in Darknet (Photo: Official Website, Kaspersky)

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