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Malicious cheats for Call of Duty: Warzone are circulating online

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Enlarge (credit: CHUYN / Getty Images ) Criminals have been hiding malware inside publicly available software that purports to be a cheat for Activision’s Call of Duty: Warzone, researchers with the game maker warned earlier this week. Cheats are programs that tamper with in-game events or player interactions so that …

New supply chain attack uses poisoned updates to infect gamers’ computers

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Enlarge / Circuit board with speed motion and light. (credit: Getty Images ) Researchers have uncovered a software supply chain attack that is being used to install surveillance malware on the computers of online gamers. The unknown attackers are targeting select users of NoxPlayer, a software package that emulates the Android …