malicious backdoor found in popular game (let's take it apart)
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This is why I don't download game mods. Another backdoor has been found, this time in a popular modular for City Skylines 2 by paradox games. Checkout what h...
  • Telorand@reddthat.com
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    8 days ago

    Tldr: it’s a crypto wallet stealer.

    Always be wary of unknown code. Check comments on sites like Nexus. Run installers through virus checks.

    • Poopfeast420@discuss.tchncs.de
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      8 days ago

      If I understand it correctly from the reddit post, this was a popular mod, that you could get directly in-game, so probably available through the Steam Workshop or something. In that case you assume everything is fine and don’t really check out, if there’s something wrong.

      • circuitfarmer@lemmy.sdf.org
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        7 days ago

        It is a CS2 mod – CS2 lacks Steam Workshop support. Paradox did not put it in, in favor of their own mod platform.

        There was a lot of beef about the lack of workshop support, but it means it was on Paradox’s platform, if anything.

        • teawrecks@sopuli.xyz
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          7 days ago

          Wonder if steam workshop scans for this kind of thing, or if it would have otherwise been found quicker.

          • thingsiplay@beehaw.orgOP
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            7 days 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.