Epic warns Fortnite players using hacking software can have data stolen

Fortnite is an extremely popular game right now, so scammers and scammers are taking advantage of this game to spread malware. According to a new report from Malwarebyte Labs, the latest type of scam is software that can steal your data.

After clicking on links that promised free V-Buck, Season pass and copies of Fortnite on Android, and “lots of hacks, wallhacks, aimbots), Malwarebyte Labs found that the vast majority of them included including fake surveys to encourage players to submit user information.

In one case, the link of a YouTube video promised “Fornite Aimbot | Fortnite Hacks | Undetected | Season 6 | ESP, Aimbot + Look ESP Free Download!” leads to a website on Sub2Unlock. Instead of asking for a survey, it directs players to a social portal. This link promises to take the player to the hacking tools, and after clicking a few more times, a download link appears.

“When the .exe process (The file weighs only 168KB) starts on the infected machine. This process will begin which will collect and send data through the POST function on /index.php which is part of the website of the Russian Federation, the source of which is the IP address 5,101.78.169,” explains Malwarebytes. “Most notably, the stolen data included browsing information, cookies, Bitcoin and Steam wallets.”

“While this topic is nothing new, it can cause damage to anyone running this application,” Malwarebyte explains. “Combined with the Fortnite craze, it makes for a great recipe for data theft and a lot of cleaning up afterwards.”

This scam is nothing new – Epic previously warned of Fortnite Android scams in May – but new attacks from malware appear to be doing more damage. Cybersecurity company Tripwire said that despite efforts to educate players, with the Fortnite craze, some people will still fall victim to it.

“Just last week, we saw news from BestVPN.com and Kaspersky Lab detailing more than 250,000 attacks appearing on nearly 60,000 computers when users attempted to pirate Game of Thrones and The Walking Dead,” Reguly said. good. “Fortnite is similar to TV shows in terms of popularity. Just a year ago, viewers on Twitch.tv watching Fortnite accounted for only 2.8%, now the number has jumped to 12.8% to become the most watched game on Twitch.Tv with an average active channel count of nearly 10,000 channels. , 140,000 continuous viewers, a total of 103 million hours watched.

“These numbers surpass any other title on that platform. The problem is that the scam gets worse as Fortnite grows in popularity.”