Falcon_S Posted February 19, 2018 Share Posted February 19, 2018 Thoughts? A company who makes add-ons for Flight Simulator X included malware in one of their downloadable jets, players have alleged. The malicious file is called ‘test.exe’ and it is designed to extract passwords from the Chrome web browser, according to the user who discovered it. The company in question, Flight Sim Labs, have since replaced the dirty jet with a clean one. But they say that to claim the file “indiscriminately dumps Chrome passwords” is “not correct information”, adding that the malware was “only extracted temporarily” and that it was targeted at pirates. The head of the company describes the file as “DRM”. ... SOURCE: https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2018/02/19/flight-sim-group-put-malware-in-a-jet-and-called-it-drm/ Quote Немој ништа силом, узми већи чекић! MSI Tomahawk MAX | Ryzen 7 3700x | 32GB DDR4 3200MHz | RX 5700 XT OC Red Dragon 8GB | VPC Throttle CM3 + VPC Constellation ALPHA on VPC WarBRD Base | HP Reverb G2 Youtube | Follow Me on TWITCH! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buzzles Posted February 20, 2018 Share Posted February 20, 2018 Malware is a bit too light. IANAL, but what they've done is downright illegal in a lot of countries. It apparently hacks your encrypted Chrome username/password dictionary, and then sends it over bog standard unencrypted HTTP to be stored on one of their servers. It'd be one thing (still outright illegal) if they were specifically getting FSX usernames from it under the guise of finding out who the pirates were, but the entire user/pass dictionary? That's beyond a joke. Fancy trying Star Citizen? Click here! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StandingCow Posted February 20, 2018 Share Posted February 20, 2018 My thought is that company isn't going to be around much longer.. 5900X - 32 GB 3600 RAM - 1080TI My Twitch Channel ~Moo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ApoNOOB Posted February 20, 2018 Share Posted February 20, 2018 (edited) Really fun to read their forums too, they all think its ok because it 'only affects pirates!!!111" More technical look: https://www.fidusinfosec.com/fslabs-flight-simulation-labs-dropping-malware-to-combat-piracy/ Best thing is, everything unencrypted, unsecure server (the one you check if serial is legit!)... https://forums.flightsimlabs.com/index.php?/announcement/11-a320-x-drm-what-happened/ LOL! Here is the boss admitting to have hacked a user. Can't make this stuff up haha Edited February 20, 2018 by ApoNOOB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dugong Posted February 20, 2018 Share Posted February 20, 2018 Mmm, it doesn't seem too clever to fight what is a civil offence by comitting what is, in many countries, a criminal offence. And then go on to admit it is madness, at least pretend it got in there by mistake when you get called out for it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aileron Posted February 20, 2018 Share Posted February 20, 2018 at least pretend it got in there by mistake when you get called out for it! I don't know... how exactly would someone mistakenly write all that malicious code? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grunf Posted February 20, 2018 Share Posted February 20, 2018 My thought is that company isn't going to be around much longer.. I certainly wouldn't buy anything from them. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yurgon Posted February 22, 2018 Share Posted February 22, 2018 I don't know... how exactly would someone mistakenly write all that malicious code? Don't you read the news? It's the Russians! In case that doesn't apply, it must have been North Korea's hacker army. And if that doesn't work either, blame it on the Chinese as a last resort, that one never gets old. See, problem solved. :D On a more serious note, doing something like this sounds like a solid way to catapult oneself out of the market. Here's to hoping no other company is going to make such bad mistakes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BitMaster Posted February 25, 2018 Share Posted February 25, 2018 Any law suits already ? Some advocate will surely smell the cheese and sue them. Gigabyte Aorus X570S Master - Ryzen 5900X - Gskill 64GB 3200/CL14@3600/CL14 - Sapphire Nitro+ 7800XT - 4x Samsung 980Pro 1TB - 1x Samsung 870 Evo 1TB - 1x SanDisc 120GB SSD - Heatkiller IV - MoRa3-360LT@9x120mm Noctua F12 - Corsair AXi-1200 - TiR5-Pro - Warthog Hotas - Saitek Combat Pedals - Asus PG278Q 27" QHD Gsync 144Hz - Corsair K70 RGB Pro - Win11 Pro/Linux - Phanteks Evolv-X Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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