# Online Gamers Beware: Hacker’s Microsoft-Signed Rootkit Malware Steals In-Game Purchases, Data

- Link: https://www.widthness.com/online-gamers-beware-hackers-microsoft-signed-rootkit-malware-steals-in-game-purchases-data/
- Published: 2021-10-27T09:15:35-05:00
- Author: Curated by Theresa Wysocki

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 – October 22, 2021. 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. […] Click here to view original web page at www.techtimes.com