Activision Blizzard has launched an investigation to ascertain the impact of a campaign, the malware, which targets players with the intent to steal the credentials of the entry. According to experts, the vx-hawaii, millions of users were affected. Of the house of the software, and purchased by Microsoft recommends enabling authentication with two-factor.
The theft of the passwords for the account of the game
The malware was reported by a user of the Phantom Overlay, a service of the popular charge-to-cheat for Call of Duty and Counter-Strike. The developer of the the Phantom Overlay (Zebleer) and then, after it was reported that someone used an information thief to steal the passwords of 1,365 account and make the purchase to be unauthorized.
From the analysis of the data of the malware found on the 14 million accounts in Discord, and over 3.6 million account with Battlenet and over 561,000 account to Activision. Some of the players had been confirmed to have suffered the theft of a kriptomonedhave.
It is not clear as to how it is distributed to infovjedhësi. According to the Zebleer, it can be hidden in the software, free of charge, or to be free, to be promoted as a package lojtarësh to the Call of Duty. The Activision believes that malware has been present in the software to be unauthorized. The researchers in the vx-the underground, they say that Activision is working with the Zebleer, and the development of other errors, but the spokesperson said that the company is not offering any help.
The player must change the password and provide proof of two factors in order to protect and further their account. Of course, they also have to avoid the download and installation of the software to third parties, such as a software error.
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