EA's Origin Leaves Gamers Vulnerable to Hackers
The ReVuln team gave a presentation last week at the Black Hat security conference in Amsterdam. Apparently, getting someone to click on an "origin://" prefixed link is all it takes, as the Origin client then downloads a dynamic link library file to the victim's computer. The ReVuln team has also released a paper, detailing the exploit, which mentions a similar vulnerability discovered in Valve's Steam platform last year.
Speaking to Ars Technica, Electronic Arts says the company is aware of the issue, and seems to be addressing the problem in some manner.
"Our team is constantly investigating hypotheticals like this one as we continually update our security infrastructure", said an EA spokesperson.
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Source: http://au.ign.com/articles/2013/03/19/eas-origin-has-an-exploit-leaving-gamers-vulnerable-to-hackers
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EulerPosted:
M60Smurfs This needs to be fixed soon.
They already have as i said below
DrumstepTTG_Negative i hope they fix this soon before somthing serious happens
so do I
They have fixed it already
They did fix it quickly, but I don't think this should have been something that they should have needed to have fixed. It should have been perfect from the beginning in my opinion.
EulerPosted:
RTEEulerWubs Heh, I dont use EA orgins but I feel bad for whomever gets effected by this.
Yeah me too! I hope not many people got hacked..
(by the way i loved how you used whomever! :) )
Yeah, I don't use it either. But it's amazing how EA would leave it so unprotected
Yeah this really surprised me too, how open they left it :/
IlIuminatiPosted:
EulerWubs Heh, I dont use EA orgins but I feel bad for whomever gets effected by this.
Yeah me too! I hope not many people got hacked..
(by the way i loved how you used whomever! :) )
Yeah, I don't use it either. But it's amazing how EA would leave it so unprotected
EulerPosted:
Wubs Heh, I dont use EA orgins but I feel bad for whomever gets effected by this.
Yeah me too! I hope not many people got hacked..
(by the way i loved how you used whomever! :) )
EulerPosted:
PGAiPlayDirty atleast it got fixed pretty quick!
Yeah, then a lot of people would be getting free games.
Yeah exactly, they're not going to be letting that happen
EulerPosted:
iPlayDirty atleast it got fixed pretty quick!
When companies see something that will lose them money, that's when they put all their efforts in to fixing them as quickly as they can
PGAPosted:
iPlayDirty atleast it got fixed pretty quick!
Yeah, then a lot of people would be getting free games.
CearnsyPosted:
Smurfs This needs to be fixed soon.
They already have as i said below
DrumstepTTG_Negative i hope they fix this soon before somthing serious happens
so do I
They have fixed it already
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