Counter-Strike 2 players are supposedly the goal of fraudsters, attract your data with boxes and steal your data

earthpressnews

Experts in cyber security warn that fraudsters possibly with a new stitch on Counter-Strike 2 players.

What about the fraudsters? The company Silent Push has found a possible threat to players from Counter-Strike 2 with a team of experts in cyber security.

The company has discovered a so-called “phishing campaign”, in which fraudsters try to steal the Steam data of players. For this purpose, a pop-up window in the browser of the affected users would open up, the Steam Imitated and disguised as Valves Gaming platform your Steam accounting data.

The experts discovered the pop-up window, for example, on one side that claims to have a free box opened and then presented you with a supposedly obtained skin. To collect this skin, you should then register with the wrong Steam window, according to the experts.

This is how the whole thing looks:

The pop-up window and the website on which the window including the supposedly free box was integrated use the E-Sport team Navi to attract the attention of CS2 players.

In addition, the experts found various posts, for example on YouTube, which advertise links to the website.

Counter-Strike 2: Valve really convinces with a launch trailer

More videos

Autoplay

What happens to the stolen login data? According to Silent Push, there are websites on which Steam accounts are sold. Accounts that have a variety of games should be traded particularly high and can be worth ten thousands of US dollars.

The experts suspect that attempts are made here to resell the illegally preserved accounts.

How can you recognize false pop-up windows? Silent Push primarily advises to be attentive and gives some clues that may reveal such a stitch:

  • According to Silent Push, the actors behind CS2-Phishing have not bought the trouble to create convincing phishing sites optimized for mobile devices. If you are unsure about one side/ window, opening the window could provide a hint on your smartphone.
  • According to Silent Push, legitimate windows, including pop-ups, can be maximized, minimized and moved outside the browser window. However, fake pop-ups cannot be maximized, minimized or moved from the browser window.
  • According to Silent Push, the simplest way to identify a fake pop-up window is to pull the window out of the browser window.

    • At MeinMMO, however, we are not experts in cyber security and can therefore only advise you to deal responsibly with your data. If you are not sure with a pop-up window, let it stay.

    If you are unsure whether you have registered on the wrong side, you probably want to change your password in the next step. If you are wondering how safe the new password is against hacker attacks, you can check that with a graphic: You think your password is safe? Graphics show you how long hackers need to crack it

    mmod-game