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New York sues Valve for promoting illegal gambling via game loot boxes
New York Attorney General Letitia James sued video game developer and publisher Valve Corporation for using game loot boxes to facilitate illegal gambling activities among children and teenagers. Valve operates Steam, one of the largest digital game distribution services in the world, offering access to thousands of games for millions of users worldwide. At the […]
Verified Steam game steals streamer’s cancer treatment donations
A gamer seeking financial support for cancer treatment lost $32,000 after downloading from Steam a verified game named BlockBlasters that drained his cryptocurrency wallet. BlockBlasters is a 2D platformer that was available on Steam for almost two months, between July 30 and September 21. The game was safe until August 30, when a cryptodrainer component was added. Published […]
Twilio denies breach following leak of alleged Steam 2FA codes
Twilio has denied in a statement for GeekFeed that it was breached after a threat actor claimed to be holding over 89 million Steam user records with one-time access codes. The threat actor, using the alias Machine1337 (also known as EnergyWeaponsUser), advertised a trove of data allegedly pulled from Steam, offering to sell it for $5,000. When […]
Steam pulls game demo infecting Windows with info-stealing malware
Valve has removed from its Steam store the game title ‘Sniper: Phantom’s Resolution’ following multiple users reporting that the demo installer infected their systems with information stealing malware. The game, published under the developer name ‘Sierra Six Studios,’ was supposed to be an early preview of the title with a release planned in the coming months. […]
Malicious PirateFi game infects Steam users with Vidar malware
A free-to-play game named PirateFi in the Steam store has been distributing the Vidar infostealing malware to unsuspecting users. The title was present in the Steam catalog for almost a week, between February 6th and February 12th, and was downloaded by up to 1,500 users. The distribution service is sending notices to potentially impacted users, […]
Valve is working on Project White Sands; everybody thinks it’s Half-Life 3
The latest round of Half-Life 3 rumors seem to have started with a voice actor spilling the beans accidentally, followed by corroboration via data mining. However, it actually was the other way around, so we’ll start chronologically. According to data miner Tyler McVicker, work on the next Half-Life game started just after the release of […]