" Kaspersky Lab " recorded 11.7 million attack on a whim electronic games in 2013

Experts discovered the company " Kaspersky Lab " , shortly after the launch of platforms Games " PlayStation 4" and "Xbox Wen " , that computer games around the world have been exposed to a large number of attacks in 2013 .

The Russian company specialized in the field of security solutions , it identified 4.6 million malicious program aimed at electronic games while the overall number of attacks targeted the games reached 11.7 million worldwide .

The average rate of attacks on gamers 34 thousand attacks per day . With the advent of Christmas vacation Many experts expect the receipt of gifts
, including electronic games , advises , " Kaspersky Lab " users to take precautions .

According to the company , the gaming enthusiasts in Russia more affected by the attacks by cybercriminals as they were trying to 8813050 injury in the period from January 1 until 1 December / December 2013 . The Vietnam in second place in terms of exposure to attacks by 503 947 attack , followed by China with 376 058 attack , then India , Spain, Poland , Turkey, Taiwan , Thailand, Italy , the number ( 207245 , 139,078.127583 , 121,164.97843 , 92914.75155 ) , the arrangement.

She drew " Kaspersky Lab " that gamers are facing all kinds of attempts injury to their systems with full Forums confidential Bamahtalin who sell data access to private accounts Bhoah games such as site " Steam " (Steam). And feeds market registering names and passwords attacks on gaming companies themselves . At the beginning of this year, the company discovered a large spy campaign on the major companies of the Games and the theft of the source codes and other valuable data .

The company indicated that malware targeting a particular type of games such as " Kraft Maine " (Minecraft) , which enjoyed great popularity . At the beginning of this year pledged tool " Mine Craft " counterfeit -based " Java " (Java) enable players to block other users , but it was at the same time the names of stealing registration and passwords hidden .

At the launch of the game " Grand Theft Auto in " (Grand Theft Auto V) earlier this year , made ​​many of the sites download links fakes to get to this game for free . However, when the users are experimenting with the game , got a malicious program - and this is an example of the exploitation of cybercriminals known names in the circumvention of users who download the code to make them harmful .

And finally reviewed the " Kaspersky Lab " measures and the protection measures that the gaming enthusiasts and especially who download new games at Christmas , taken to identify the risks and threats they face.

Where the company advises users not to click on any offers exquisite look incredibly , both in the messages that come via e-mail or social networking sites like " Facebook " or " Twitter " . If the show was apparently legally , on the user to make sure that the sender reliable before clicking on the link or provide any details . In case of any user Sauer doubt about it, what it , according to " Kaspersky Lab " , but to contact the official claim that he represented the sender .

Users should use strong passwords and accounts in a variety of the games they play . Where indicated , " Kaspersky Lab " to incidents of gaming companies to penetrate and leaking passwords. So not the user has different data entry , the theft of one of them means that all the accounts that are owned and which are accessed using a single password may be exposed to attacks.

The company invited users to the acquisition of antivirus software with high quality. The presence of malicious software targeting many games with the increasing level of complexity , users will need a certain level of protection from them. You will need to protect the anti -virus signatures have the base to make sure that the reputation of the file if they wish to stop the incursion of malware to the system.

Also called " Kaspersky Lab " to beware of friends it is easy to endorse anyone in the user's virtual world today , but it is not everyone doing it in good faith . So he must beware of asking him all of his personal data .

Finally , the company urged users to buy games from legitimate vendors . If the user has to download unlicensed copy of the game , it does not violate the law , but also runs the risk of malware download to his computer as well as the malware is usually disguised Bazzi files games.