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Atlas MMORPG World Hack – Daily Security Byte

January 24, 2019 By Corey Nachreiner

Last Friday, an unknown attacker somehow gained credentialed access to the Steam account of a developer for the Atlas MMORPG game. This unauthorized access gave the culprit the ability to spawn world events in this newly released game, which the attacker used to cause mayhem. In today’s video, learn a bit more about this attack, and more importantly, what you should do to avoid someone hijacking your important, privileged account.


Episode Runtime: 3:17

Direct YouTube Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SeTITDtBZrg

EPISODE REFERENCES:

  • Black hat hijacks a popular MMORPGs world admin console – Rock, Paper, Scissors
  • WatchGuard’s MFA product, Authpoint. Also acts as a free third party authenticator – WatchGuard

—Corey Nachreiner, CISSP (@SecAdept)

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