Virus steals gamer password Priston Tale

Participants in the online role-playing game have a Vietnamese version called PTV - Retaking the Promised Land is becoming the target of an Internet worm designed to steal username, password and fish information. multiply.

When players access Priston Tale or visit Yahoo Mail, the virus called PrsKey.A will record typing commands on the keyboard and send the data back to the hacker. PrsKey.A is programmed to distribute via online sharing channels and also use some other tricks to entice gamers to download it to their computers.

At this point, PrsKey.A has not spread to a large extent, but the attack also caused some problems for Priston Tale administrators in preventing player account transactions. Security experts say the attack software is being used more and more for the purpose of stealing participants' in-game money instead of winning high scores.

"A lot of viruses or Trojans not only interrupt the system but also steal login codes, passwords and gamer data on computers," said Graham Cluley, chief technology officer of Sophos security firm (UK). , stated. 'Weapons, money and virtual armor in the game are stolen with viruses and will be resold to collect real money'.

The emergence of virus attacks on the online gaming community is becoming a remarkable trend recently. Many online role-playing games like Lineage , Outwar or Legend of Mir 2 are also targets of exploiting viruses and Trojans. Last month in South Korea, the world's online game center, a group of people were grabbed by police for spreading password-stealing programs to exploit gamers' assets.

Priston Tale is a massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) that attracts millions of people around the world. The Priston Tale community is the most crowded in Korea, Japan, China, Taiwan, Thailand and many English-speaking countries.

PK (according to The Register )