The owner of the malicious server uses the vulnerabilities of the game client and a newly written Trojan as a technical foundation for their business. These vulnerabilities are known as RCE (Remote Code Execution) flaws, and one of them is found in an original game client when the other four are located in the pirated versions: Web have announced that the infected server manipulated the zero-day vulnerability which is found in the game client. Players do not need to interact with malware in any way – all they have to do is connect to the compromised server The total active number of servers is 5,000, so the infected count reaches 1951. Despite its relatively old release, the game is still relatively popular, reaching around 20,000 active players at peak hours. Ĭounter-Strike is a first-person shooter game published by Valve Corporation back in 2000. Cybersecurity experts have discovered that around 39% of the online gaming servers are injected with malicious code that has the purpose of hacking the players' computer systems and incorporating them into a botnet known as Belonard (this name also belongs to the malware developer). Gamers who have been playing Counter-Strike 1.6 online frequently might be at risk of getting their computer systems infected. 39% of Counter-Strike 1.6 active servers are exploited via the remote code execution vulnerabilitiesĪ Russian developer uses Belonard trojan to infect online gamers of Counter-Strike 1.6 through malicious servers
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