{"id":11560,"date":"2016-03-15T06:00:35","date_gmt":"2016-03-15T10:00:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kaspersky.co.za\/blog\/?p=11560"},"modified":"2020-02-26T18:59:41","modified_gmt":"2020-02-26T16:59:41","slug":"stealing-steam-accounts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kaspersky.co.za\/blog\/stealing-steam-accounts\/11560\/","title":{"rendered":"Steam stealers: your account is their target"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hackers are attracted by any web-resource where large amounts of money changes hands, like moths to light. This is what happened with Steam and, according to Valve\u2019s own calculations<\/a>, 77,000 user accounts get hijacked and pillaged monthly.<\/p>\n

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As Valve reveals<\/a>, these victims are not only new or naive users. Professional\u00a0 players, Reddit contributors and item traders have all fallen victim. Steam recognizes that hackers are doing real business by stealing accounts and virtual gaming property. Modern developments let cybercriminals wait for months before one particular malware sample or infection incident brings profit \u2014 there are so many of them, that the destiny of one piece is not critical. As a result, almost every Steam account is now a target.<\/span><\/p>\n

Kaspersky Lab has decided to conduct an investigation to understand how bad things are on the gaming market. It turns out, our GReAT experts have highly underestimated the fraud scale. And among all the other bad things, Steam Stealers malware has attracted our attention. Hopefully, this report will evolve into an ongoing investigation, bringing much-needed balance to the gaming ecosystem.<\/p>\n

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Enjoy your Steam: how criminals make money on gamers https:\/\/t.co\/n2i9Nt3tgV<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/Ytaz37fxf0<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Eugene Kaspersky (@e_kaspersky) February 16, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n