Steam pulls game demo infecting Windows with info-stealing malware (www.bleepingcomputer.com)

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[-] theterrasque@infosec.pub 1 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

unsandboxed software

I wonder how hard it would be to sandbox most games. We have things like https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandboxie and most games would have a fairly simple access list.

Edit: or sandbox steam itself

this post was submitted on 22 Mar 2025

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