The FBI is investigating malware hidden inside games hosted on Steam | TechCrunch

"The FBI is investigating a hacker suspected of publishing several video games laced with malware on the popular PC games store Steam. In its announcement looking for victims who may have been infected, the FBI listed the following games suspected of being developed by the same cybercriminal over the last two years, hosted on the Steam store but embedded with malware: BlockBlasters, Chemia, Dashverse/DashFPS, Lampy, Lunara, PirateFi, and Tokenova."

"The games were functional, if a bit rudimentary. In reality, the goal of their developer or developers was to act as a sort of Trojan horse, tricking gamers to install malware on their computers. Steam took the games down, but an unknown number of people were infected in the meantime."

"This is not the first time hackers have been able to host malware on the Valve-owned games marketplace. Last year, hackers published several games on Steam that contained malware."

The FBI announced an investigation into a cybercriminal suspected of publishing malware-laden video games on Steam, Valve's popular PC gaming platform. Seven games have been identified as potentially developed by the same hacker: BlockBlasters, Chemia, Dashverse/DashFPS, Lampy, Lunara, PirateFi, and Tokenova. These games functioned as Trojan horses, appearing legitimate while secretly installing malware on users' computers. This represents a recurring security issue on Steam, as similar incidents occurred previously with functional games designed to deceive gamers. An unknown number of users were infected before the malicious games were removed from the platform.

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