Spies target gamers with malware inserted into software updates, ESET says

guest · Feb 1, 2021

Spies target gamers with malware inserted into software updates, ESET says
February 1, 2021
https://www.cyberscoop.com/noxplayer-hack-malware-eset-espionage/

Gamers are familiar targets for hackers, but those operations often are broadly aimed at stealing data, installing nuisances like adware or disrupting the games themselves.
Sometimes, though, attackers have other things in mind.

A malware operation in Asia appears to be “highly targeted” toward spying on only a handful of users of a popular piece of gaming software, according to cybersecurity researchers at Slovakia-based ESET. The attackers compromised the update mechanism for NoxPlayer, an emulator program that allows Android games to be played on PCs and Macs, ESET says.
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ESET: Operation NightScout: Supply‑chain attack targets online gaming in Asia

ESET researchers uncover a supply-chain attack used in a cyberespionage operation targeting online‑gaming communities in Asia
Conclusion
We have detected various supply-chain attacks in the last year, such as Operation SignSight or the compromise of Able Desktop among others. However, the supply-chain compromise involved in Operation NightScout is particularly interesting due to the targeted vertical, as we rarely encounter many cyberespionage operations targeting online gamers.

Supply-chain attacks will continue to be a common compromise vector leveraged by cyber-espionage groups, and its complexity may impact the discovery and mitigation of these type of incidents.
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