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TechRepublic4mon
Steam Malware Alert: PirateFi Game Spreads Vidar Infostealer - TechRepublic
PirateFi, a Steam game, was found spreading Vidar malware, stealing user data. Steam removed it, but gamers must take urgent security steps. Earlier this month, researchers discovered that a free ...
GameRant on MSN4mon
Steam Takes Down Malicious Game, But Players Could Already Be Infected - MSN
According to the SteamDB page for PirateFi, the game only peaked at 5 concurrent players during its short lifespan, which means the number of users infected is likely relatively small.However, the ...
Bleeping Computer4mon
PirateFi game on Steam caught installing password-stealing malware - BleepingComputer
PirateFi was released on Steam last week by Seaworth Interactive, and received positive reviews. It is described as a survival game set in a low-poly world involving base building, ...
TechCrunch4mon
Hackers planted a Steam game with malware to steal gamers’ passwords - TechCrunch
Researchers found that PirateFI was never designed to be a real game, but a vehicle to infect gamers with malware and steal their passwords with an infostealer called Vidar.
Gizmodo4mon
Hackers Somehow Uploaded a Game Full of Malware on Steam - Gizmodo
On Thursday, February 6, hackers somehow uploaded a pirate-themed survival game called PirateFi onto Steam under the developer name Seaworth Interactive. The game contained malware designed to ...
HowToGeek on MSN4mon
You May Have Downloaded A Malware Game on Steam - MSN
A harmful game called PirateFi appeared on Steam for about a week but ended up causing some users malware infections. Unfortunately, there were users who played that may have gotten malware. Steam ...
PC Gamer4mon
A web3 free-to-play survival game found to be a front for installing malware on your PC has finally been removed from Steam | PC Gamer
Reported to have amassed over 7,000 players, a free-to-play web3 game named PirateFi launched on Steam last week and was subsequently taken down for containing "malicious files".
GameSpot4mon
Valve Removes Steam Game For Spreading Malware, Sends Players Warning About Security Concerns - GameSpot
A free-to-play title called PirateFi was released with little fanfare on Steam earlier this month. But the only reason many players will ever hear about it is because the game has been pulled from ...
Lifehacker4mon
Check Your PC for This Steam Game Infected With Malware - Lifehacker
Players who downloaded PirateFi on Steam thought they were getting a seaside adventure. In reality, they downloaded a game packed with malware.
heise online4mon
"PirateFi": Valve removes infected Free2Play game - heise online
"PirateFi" was not a particularly popular game; the website Vginsights estimates that the game was downloaded around 1500 times. Gamalytic estimates the number of downloads at 860, ...
Tom's Guide4mon
Valve recommends a full PC reset after malware-infected game discovered on Steam - Tom's Guide
Created by an indie developer with no social media presence (which is a huge red flag), PirateFi was a generic survival sim with a similar gameplay loop to Rust but with a Sea of Thieves look to it.