{"id":47307,"date":"2014-09-14T10:57:55","date_gmt":"2014-09-14T10:57:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=47307"},"modified":"2014-09-14T10:58:16","modified_gmt":"2014-09-14T10:58:16","slug":"twitch-malware-spends-users-money","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=47307","title":{"rendered":"Twitch malware spends users&#8217; money"},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"story_continues_1\">Malicious software spread via chat forums on the video games streaming site Twitch can spend users&#8217; money without authorisation, it has emerged.<\/p>\n<p>The Finnish security firm\u00a0F-Secure said clicking on the malware linksalso enabled infiltrators to wipe accounts on the gaming shop, Steam.<\/p>\n<p>Twitch is advising users not to use links from unknown sources.<\/p>\n<p>The site, which was recently bought by Amazon for $970m (\u00a3597m) has more than 55 million unique monthly viewers.<\/p>\n<div><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Malware\" src=\"http:\/\/news.bbcimg.co.uk\/media\/images\/77559000\/jpg\/_77559711_cde9db60-34b8-4a27-b438-f5df58ca985b.jpg\" width=\"360\" height=\"315\" \/>The malware woos users with the promise of prizes<\/div>\n<p>The vulnerability originates from an automated account which, according to F-Secure, &#8220;bombards channels and invites viewers to participate in a weekly raffle for a chance to win things such as &#8216;Counter-Strike: Global Offensive&#8217; items&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>If viewers take the bait, they are invited to fill in their name and email address which then allows the malicious software to gain control, allowing it to:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Take screenshots<\/li>\n<li>Add new friends in Steam (a gaming shop and community commonly linked to Twitch accounts)<\/li>\n<li>Accept pending friend requests in Steam<\/li>\n<li>Initiate trading with new friends in Steam<\/li>\n<li>Buy items, if user has money<\/li>\n<li>Send a trade offer<\/li>\n<li>Accept pending trade transactions<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>A spokesman for Twitch told the BBC that the vulnerability was the &#8220;first instance&#8221; he had seen, but that the site would &#8220;remind our community about not clicking on links from unknown sources just like they wouldn&#8217;t on other social media sites&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>He added: &#8220;Please note that we give all broadcasters the option to disable links in their chat which can easily prevent this.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Source: BBC<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Malicious software spread via chat forums on the video games streaming site Twitch can spend users&#8217; money without authorisation, it has emerged. The Finnish security firm\u00a0F-Secure said clicking on the malware linksalso enabled infiltrators to wipe accounts on the gaming shop, Steam. Twitch is advising users not to use links from unknown sources. The site, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":47311,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"jnews_override_counter":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[18],"class_list":["post-47307","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-dr-akwasi-osei"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47307","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=47307"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47307\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/47311"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=47307"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=47307"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=47307"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}