Malware menaces Minecraft mods

If you, or your kids, are fans of Minecraft – you might be wise not to download any new mods of plugins for a while. Computer security researchers say that they have uncovered that cybercriminals have succeeded in embedding malware named “Fracturizer” within packages and plugins used to modify the behaviour and appearance of the phenomenally popular game. As Bleeping Computer reports, hackers compromised accounts at modding platforms CurseForge and Bukkit to inject Fracturizer into a number of widely-used plugins for the game. Plugins with similar malware have reportedly been found as early as…

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Source:TripWire – Graham Cluley