id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt arstechnica-com-1615 New supply chain attack uses poisoned updates to infect gamers’ computers | Ars Technica .html text/html 1132 91 63 New supply chain attack uses poisoned updates to infect gamers' computers | Ars Technica ESET said it assumes no responsibility for the accuracy of the information provided by BigNox. Researchers have uncovered a software supply chain attack that is being used to install surveillance malware on the computers of online gamers. Security firm Eset said on Monday that the BigNox software distribution system was hacked and used to deliver malicious updates to select users. The attackers further tailor the malicious updates to specific targets of interest. The BigNox API server responds to a specific target with update information that points to the location of the malicious update on an attacker-controlled server. Legitimate BigNox infrastructure was delivering malware for specific updates. Sanmillan said that of more than 100,000 Eset users who have NoxPlayer installed, only five of them received a malicious update. Share this story Share this story ./cache/arstechnica-com-1615.html ./txt/arstechnica-com-1615.txt