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Bleeping Computer
Hackers are actively exploiting a 'BleedingPipe' remote code execution vulnerability in Minecraft mods to run malicious commands on servers and clients, allowing them to take control of the devices. [...]
Graham Cluley
If you, or your kids, are fans of Minecraft - you might be wise to not download any new mods of plugins for a while. Read more in my article on the Tripwire State of Security blog.
Dark Reading
A worm virus called "fracturizer" has been embedded in modpacks from various sites, including CurseForge and CraftBukkit.
Bleeping Computer
Hackers used the popular Minecraft modding platforms Bukkit and CurseForge to distribute a new 'Fractureiser' information-stealing malware through uploaded modifications and by injecting malicious code into existing projects. [...]
Graham Cluley
Boffins at McAfee have identified 38 Android apps in the Google Play store that unashamedly rip off the ever-popular gaming sensation , but are actually designed to stealthily earn advertising revenue. Minecraft
Bleeping Computer
A set of 38 Minecraft copycat games on Google Play infected devices with the Android adware 'HiddenAds' to stealthily load ads in the background to generate revenue for its operators. [...]
Dark Reading
Bleeping Computer
A new cross-platform malware botnet named 'MCCrash' is infecting Windows, Linux, and IoT devices to conduct distributed denial of service attacks on Minecraft servers. [...]
The Hacker News
Microsoft on Thursday flagged a cross-platform botnet that's primarily designed to launch distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks against private Minecraft servers. Called MCCrash, the botnet is characterized by a unique spreading mechanism that allows it to propagate to Linux-based devices despite originating from malicious software downloads on Windows hosts. "The botnet spreads by
The Hacker News
Web infrastructure and security company Cloudflare disclosed this week that it halted a 2.5 Tbps distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack launched by a Mirai botnet. Characterizing it as a "multi-vector attack consisting of UDP and TCP floods," researcher Omer Yoachimik said the DDoS attack targeted the Minecraft server Wynncraft in Q3 2022. "The entire 2.5 Tbps attack lasted about 2 minutes,