Steam vulnerability exposed users to account hijacking and malware

Get the Full StoryA vulnerability in Valve s Steam platform made it possible for malicious actors to take over user accounts, pilfer their items, and even infect their systems with additional malware. The security kink resided in Steam s server browser functionality which lets players look up severs for a number of games including hit titles like CS:GO, Half-Life 2, and Team Fortress 2 according to a HackerOne vulnerability disclosure made public on March 15. The security researchers who unearthed the bug note they were only able to exploit the attack vector on Steam s client for Windows. They further said the bug was This story continues at The Next Web

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