#steam stealers

A new breed of malware known as Steam Stealer is the prime suspect in stealing numerous user accounts from Valve's flagship platform, Steam. Having over 100 million registered users, Steam is one of the most popular entertainment multi-OS distribution platforms. Going by recent reports, 77,000 Steam accounts are hijacked and pillaged every month. Dubbed as the Steam Stealer, the goal of this malware is to steal online gaming items and user account credentials, and then resell them on the black market. According to Kaspersky Lab, it works with a malware-as-a-service business model that steals the entire set of Steam configuration files. Once this is done it locates the specific Steam KeyValue file that contains user credentials, as well as the information that maintains a user's session. But in the case of the Steam Stealers, they sell the accounts for no more than $30. Here in the Philippines, there are low incidents of recorded Steam Stealer infiltration, but gamers still need to stay vigilant and maintain their gaming identities private. Read more in our articles including "Kaspersky Lab warns PH Steam gamers of account stealers" and "Steam Summer Sale Guide (2017): The best deals so far".