Hackers Create Malicious Dota 2 Game Modes to Secretly Access Players’ Systems
Feb 13, 2023Ravie LakshmananGame Hacking / Cyber Threat An unknown threat actor created malicious game modes for the Dota 2 multiplayer online battle arena (MOBA) video game that could have been exploited to establish backdoor access to players’ systems. The modes exploited a high-severity flaw in the V8 JavaScript engine tracked as CVE-2021-38003 (CVSS score:…