A sniper game on Steam was apparently exploited to lead users to an external demo that actually contained malware.

Steam is, or at least it’s supposed to be, something of a walled garden. Like Apple’s App Store for iPhones or the various console game stores, items listed on the store are supposed to be safe, if ...

This incident comes only a month after Steam hosted the PirateFi title, which was used to distribute the Vidar infostealing malware. Statistics showed that the game had been dowloaded by up to ...

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Even when you’re downloading one of the best PC games from Steam you need to be careful, as they can be used to infect your PC with malware. After a game called PirateFi was released and then ...

Valve, the company behind Steam, removed an Action FPS game called Sniper: Phantom’s Resolution from the marketplace after users reported malware was being installed on their devices after downloading ...

Valve's Steam has been abused again to spread malware. The game Sniper: Phantom's Resolution has raised alarms within the gaming community after users noticed the official Steam page linked to a demo ...

The popular co-op crime simulator Schedule 1 comes under investigation as another developer looks into potential copyright infringement issues.

Despite Steam's relatively lenient content policies, users have rarely suspected the client itself of distributing malware. The fraudulent free-to-play game PirateFi, discovered last month ...

For the second time in two months, a hacker has used Steam to circulate malware to unsuspecting gamers. This time, the attack arrived through a demo for a game called Sniper: Phantom's Resolution.