Github scam investigation: Thousands of "mods" and "cracks" stealing your data

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• truthfultemporarily@feddit.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I always wondered about the security aspect of gaming and mods. It feels understudied.

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  • sem@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Yeah it’s difficult how to know which mods are trustworthy

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  • FarceOfWill@infosec.pub ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    There have been cases of crypto miners embedded but once discovered they’re nuked so quick it’s hard to get more than rumours.

    C# modding is the most likely vector (rimworld, cities skylines, unity stuff) but Skyrim skse mods are raw code too. All can be misused.

    Usually lua mods have a sandbox so they’re safe. Eg.factorio. and, um, more but my mind has gone blank.

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