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Malicious Chrome Extensions Stealing Roblox In-Game Currency, Sending Cookies via Discord

  • Posted on:August 24, 2017 at 2:56 pm
  • Posted in:Malware
  • Author:
    Stephen Hilt and Lord Alfred Remorin (Senior Threat Researchers)
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Recently, we discussed how cyber criminals are using the popular voice/chat client Discord to steal cookies from the running Roblox process on a Windows PC. Since then, we’ve noticed another attack going after the same information, only this time it is via Chrome extensions (CRX files).

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Tags: Chrome extensionsROBLOXRobux

How Chat App Discord Is Abused by Cybercriminals to Attack ROBLOX Players

  • Posted on:August 8, 2017 at 5:00 am
  • Posted in:Exploits, Vulnerabilities
  • Author:
    Stephen Hilt (Senior Threat Researcher)
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Cybercriminals targeting gamers are nothing new. We’ve reported many similar incidents in the past, from fake game apps to real-money laundering through online game currencies. Usually the aim is simple: to steal personal information and monetize it. And usually, for that purpose the game itself is abused.

In the particular scenario we are describing in this blog post, however, it is not the game that is being abused by the cybercriminals, but rather one of the communication tools used by the game players. We’re referring to Discord, a new-generation chat platform that gamers frequently use, with a user base of more than 45 million registered members.

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Tags: APIChat Program APIDiscordROBLOX

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