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Baldr is a threat aimed at gamers – and it’s serious
- Friday | 9th August, 2019
Gamers have found themselves in the crosshairs of criminals for as long as it has been possible to monetize the theft of game credentials. Since the beginning of 2019, SophosLabs has been tracking the activity of a malware family we’re calling Baldr that, initially at least, targeted gamers through the use of misleading online videos. We first observed the Trojan being advertised for sale on Russian cybercrime-related forums at the end of January, 2019. By the following month, we saw its distribution begin to increase, along with the price the malware authors were charging to criminals. In that time, the malware’s creator has added a raft of new features that put it in direct competition from better-known families.
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