A new information-stealing virus has been discovered in cyberspace that is specifically targeting video gamers like Call Of Duty, particularly those who use cheating software, according to malware database vx-underground. As part of a new info stealer effort that also targets cheaters, unknown software has purportedly been targeting video gamers and drained their Bitcoin BTC tickers down to $697,716 wallets.
In a March 28 X post, the malware information repository vx-underground said that it had learned of a “currently unidentified Threat Actor” who was employing malware to obtain login passwords and other information from people who were using pay-to-cheat video gaming software, like Call Of Duty.
Not Only Call Of Duty, The Spyware Has Targeted Other Gaming Programs As Well
The attacks have compromised over 4.9 million accounts for Activision Blizzard users and its game store Battle.net, along with accounts for a game-focused trading site Elite PVPers, and cheat software markets PhantomOverlay and UnknownCheats. The attacks target players, including those who purchase cheating software.
Affected customers have started to complain that their Electrum BTC wallets have been emptied as a result of crypto-draining. The quantity of money that was taken is unknown to us,” vx-underground noted. PhantomOverlay stated in a March 27 Telegram message that more than half of the logins in a database it examined “are invalid garbage,” indicating that the number of compromised accounts is “inflated.” The infection, it said, “seems to be an entire network of free/cheap software,” with its source being “some latency program, VPN, or something that millions of gamers are using.” PhantomOverlay stated that although it has “a pretty good idea of where the malware is coming from,” the malware gang is aware of the accusations against them and has made it more difficult to provide any proof.
