A free game on Steam, PirateFi, was discovered carrying malware that steals passwords and personal data. Here's what happened.

A free-to-play game on Steam infected those who downloaded it with malware, with Valve sending out emails to those affected.

PirateFi, a Steam game, was found spreading Vidar malware, stealing user data. Steam removed it, but gamers must take urgent ...

Valve has removed PirateFi from the Steam store after discovering it contained Vidar, an info-stealing malware.

Users who installed the free-to-play game PirateFi from Steam should change their passwords and seriously consider reinstalling their operating systems. Valve removed the game after discovering ...

A free-to-play video game on Steam named 'PirateFi' has been unmasked as a malicious scheme to distribute the notorious Vidar ...

Researchers found that PirateFI was never designed to be a real game, but a vehicle to infect gamers with malware and steal their passwords with an infostealer called Vidar.

A free-to-play game named PirateFi in the Steam store has been distributing the Vidar infostealing malware to unsuspecting ...

A harmful game called PirateFi appeared on Steam for about a week but ended up causing some users malware infections.

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A threat actor targeted low-skilled hackers, known as "script kiddies," with a fake malware builder that secretly infected them with a backdoor to steal data and take over computers. Security ...