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An upcoming Steam game is possibly just a malware-spreading Trojan. Cybersecurity vendor Prodaft has uncovered evidence that an early access game on Steam called Chemia has been updating itself to deliver “multiple malware families.” As BleepingComputer reports, the finding appears to be the third case of malware leveraging Valve’s Steam store. However, Chemia is only available to Steam users who request to try it, making it unclear if any consumers ever installed it. It appears Prodaft uncovered the malware because it’s been tracking a hacking group called Larva-208, also known as EncryptHub. “When users download and launch the game, the malware executes alongside the legitimate application. LARVA-208 uses this method to deliver two main payloads: Fickle Stealer and HijackLoader,” the cybersecurity vendor said on a GitHub page that lists the indicators of compromise. According to BleepingComputer, Prodaft suspects that Larva-208 added the malicious component to the game on July...

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