"Spies Target Gamers With Malware Inserted Into Software Updates, ESET Says"

Hackers have targeted gamers for a number of reasons, including stealing data, installing adware, or disrupting gameplay. According to cybersecurity researchers at ESET, a highly targeted malware operation is taking place in Asia. The actors behind the malicious operation compromised the update mechanism of the emulator program called NoxPlayer, which enables Android games to be played on PCs and Macs. NoxPlayer is developed by BigNox, a Hong Kong-based company. Evidence has shown that BigNox infrastructure was compromised by the attackers to deliver malware to customers' computers through BigNox updates. Nearly 150 million people use NoxPlayer globally. However, out of the 100,000 ESET users who have NoxPlayer installed, only five of them received the malware. Those victims are located in Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Sri Lanka. Researchers believe that the malware campaign's primary goal is espionage, as the three different malware families observed being distributed via the updates showed signs of surveillance-related capabilities instead of signs of trying to make financial gains. This article continues to discuss the new supply chain attack that uses software updates to infect gamers' computers with malware and the other security incidents in which gamers have been targeted by attackers.

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