Online Gamers Beware: Hacker’s Microsoft-Signed Rootkit Malware Steals In-Game Purchases, Data
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Photo caption: The logo of French headquarters of American multinational technology company Microsoft, is pictured outside on March 6, 2018 in Issy-Les-Moulineaux, a Paris’ suburb. Photo credit: Gerard Julien / AFP via Getty Images. Article by Teejay Boris, Tech Times –
Online gamers are the target of hackers’ Microsoft-signed rootkit malware, which steals in-game purchases and other kinds of data.
As per Gizmodo, cybercriminals are now using a rootkit called FiveSys, which suspiciously got a digital signature from Microsoft.
It is worth noting that Microsoft’s digital seal should supposedly validate that the program is not malicious. […]
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