Trojan Snags World Of Warcraft Passwords To Cash Out Accounts

**radio667** · 05-03-2006, 06:03 AM

from hackinthebox.org ........ A new password-stealing Trojan targeting players of the popular online game "World of Warcraft" hopes to make money off secondary sales of gamer goods, a security company warned Tuesday. MicroWorld, an Indian-based anti-virus and security software maker with offices in the U.S., Germany, and Malaysia, said that the PWS.Win32.WOW.x Trojan horse was spreading fast, and attacking World of Warcraft players. If the attacker managed to hijack a password, he could transfer in-game goods -- personal items, including weapons -- that the player had accumulated to his own account, then later sell them for real-world cash on "gray market" Web sites. Unlike some rival multiplayer online games, Warcraft's publisher, Blizzard Entertainment, bans the practice of trading virtual items for real cash.

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**radio667** · 05-03-2006, 05:39 PM

You know your game is a massive hit when

....... now , im sure i dont want to play WOW .

Manticore · 05-03-2006, 05:55 PM

The fun never stops with those guys.

**radio667** · 05-09-2006, 08:08 AM

more info from the register .......... Malware snaffles virtual booty

Security watchers have discovered a Trojan that's designed to steal user names and passwords from World of Warcraft players.

Wowcraft , which also attempts to disable security software packages on compromised PCs, has been planted on maliciously constructed websites. Unprotected Windows users visiting these sites can get infected through malicious browser pop-ups. The malware also spreads through infectious email attachments or as files downloaded from P2P networks.

Virtual gold and other booty obtained via compromised accounts can be converted to cash, as Tom's Hardware reports, but it's unclear if this is the motive of the attack. Wowcraft is the latest in a series of Trojans targeting the World of Warcraft community, some of which also attempt (example here ) to steal the identities of players of other online games.

SkaarjMaster · 05-09-2006, 09:17 AM

"the practice of trading virtual items for real cash"

Glad I don't play this game. This is the lamest crap I've ever heard of. Nice way to screw up a game people.

Manticore · 05-09-2006, 03:48 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SkaarjMaster

Glad I don't play this game.

Same here. The news about this game just gets worse.

juggalo_kyle · 05-09-2006, 05:35 PM

I play this game.

**radio667** · 05-09-2006, 09:09 PM

Just Becareful , Kyle !!!

05-03-2006, 06:03 AM	#1
radio667 I R Happy Goat Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 10,752 Downloads: 2	Trojan Snags World Of Warcraft Passwords To Cash Out Accounts from hackinthebox.org ........ A new password-stealing Trojan targeting players of the popular online game "World of Warcraft" hopes to make money off secondary sales of gamer goods, a security company warned Tuesday. MicroWorld, an Indian-based anti-virus and security software maker with offices in the U.S., Germany, and Malaysia, said that the PWS.Win32.WOW.x Trojan horse was spreading fast, and attacking World of Warcraft players. If the attacker managed to hijack a password, he could transfer in-game goods -- personal items, including weapons -- that the player had accumulated to his own account, then later sell them for real-world cash on "gray market" Web sites. Unlike some rival multiplayer online games, Warcraft's publisher, Blizzard Entertainment, bans the practice of trading virtual items for real cash. Full Story Here __________________ , "There is also a river called Helikon [in Pieria]. (...) But, they go on to say, the women who killed Orpheus wished to wash off in it the blood-stains, and thereat the River sank underground, so as not to lend its waters to cleanse manslaughter." —Pausanias, Description of Greece 9. 30. 8

05-03-2006, 05:39 PM	#2
radio667 I R Happy Goat Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 10,752 Downloads: 2	You know your game is a massive hit when ....... now , im sure i dont want to play WOW . __________________ , "There is also a river called Helikon [in Pieria]. (...) But, they go on to say, the women who killed Orpheus wished to wash off in it the blood-stains, and thereat the River sank underground, so as not to lend its waters to cleanse manslaughter." —Pausanias, Description of Greece 9. 30. 8

05-09-2006, 08:08 AM	#4
radio667 I R Happy Goat Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 10,752 Downloads: 2	Trojan targets World of Warcraft gamers more info from the register .......... Malware snaffles virtual booty Security watchers have discovered a Trojan that's designed to steal user names and passwords from World of Warcraft players. Wowcraft , which also attempts to disable security software packages on compromised PCs, has been planted on maliciously constructed websites. Unprotected Windows users visiting these sites can get infected through malicious browser pop-ups. The malware also spreads through infectious email attachments or as files downloaded from P2P networks. Virtual gold and other booty obtained via compromised accounts can be converted to cash, as Tom's Hardware reports, but it's unclear if this is the motive of the attack. Wowcraft is the latest in a series of Trojans targeting the World of Warcraft community, some of which also attempt (example here ) to steal the identities of players of other online games. __________________ , "There is also a river called Helikon [in Pieria]. (...) But, they go on to say, the women who killed Orpheus wished to wash off in it the blood-stains, and thereat the River sank underground, so as not to lend its waters to cleanse manslaughter." —Pausanias, Description of Greece 9. 30. 8

05-09-2006, 09:17 AM	#5
SkaarjMaster same as he ever was Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Tampa, FL Posts: 1,293 Downloads: 906	"the practice of trading virtual items for real cash" Glad I don't play this game. This is the lamest crap I've ever heard of. Nice way to screw up a game people. __________________ http://web.archive.org/web/200812180...ondunreal.com/ "If I give up my rights, I might be safe, but what good is being safe if you have no freedoms?" by n3m35i5 "I always turn to the sports page first....They record people's accomplishments; the front page, nothing but man's failure." by Earl Warren

05-09-2006, 05:35 PM	#7
juggalo_kyle bSexy=False Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Orland,CA Posts: 364 Downloads: 17 My Files: 5	I play this game. __________________ Ultimate Community Map Pack Unreal Playground Unreal North Photo's and Stuff

05-03-2006, 05:55 PM	#3
Manticore Optimum Trajectory Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Abandoned Clinic Posts: 1,162 Downloads: 3	The fun never stops with those guys.

05-09-2006, 09:09 PM	#8
radio667 I R Happy Goat Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 10,752 Downloads: 2	Just Becareful , Kyle !!! __________________ , "There is also a river called Helikon [in Pieria]. (...) But, they go on to say, the women who killed Orpheus wished to wash off in it the blood-stains, and thereat the River sank underground, so as not to lend its waters to cleanse manslaughter." —Pausanias, Description of Greece 9. 30. 8

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