- Umdlalo obizwa nge-PirateFi ulayishwe kuwo I-Steam ngeTrojan eyeba amakhukhi abasebenzisi.
- I-Valve isuse umdlalo ngemuva kokuthola i- I-malware futhi yathumela izexwayiso kubadlali abathintekile.
- Labo abadawunilode igeyimu bayelulekwa ukuthi benze i-antivirus scan futhi bacabange ukufometha isistimu.
- Umthuthukisi womdlalo, i-Seaworth Interactive, ubengenayo inkundla yezokuxhumana noma iwebhusayithi eyaziwayo.
I-Steam, inkundla yokusabalalisa yedijithali eyaziwayo ye imidlalo yevidiyo we-PC, wenze izindaba futhi ngenxa yesigameko sokuphepha. Kwabizwa umdlalo I-PirateFi ikwazile ukungena ngokunyenya esitolo esibonakalayo futhi ibitholakala ukuze ilandwe izinsuku ezimbalwa ngaphambi kwaso I-valve wayisusa ngemuva kokuthola ukuthi iqukethe I-malware.
Umdlalo, owethulwe njengesiphakamiso mahhala ukudlala ngetimu yepirate, kwaba njalo ilayishiwe ngamakhulu abadlali ngaphambi kokuba inkampani ithole usongo. Ukuba khona kwesoftware enonya endaweni yesikhulumi kuphakamise ukukhathazeka phakathi kwabasebenzisi, okumele bakwenze manje ukuthatha izinyathelo zokuphepha ukuze uvikele amathuluzi akho kanye nedatha yomuntu siqu.
I-Trojan ekwazi ukweba amakhukhi nedatha yomuntu siqu
Ngokwabacwaningi nemibiko evela kubasebenzisi abathintekile, I-PirateFi iqukethe a Trojan yakhelwe ukuthatha ulwazi kubadlali. Ikakhulukazi, uhlelo olungayilungele ikhompuyutha lunamandla okuvimba amakhukhi esiphequluli, okungase kuhlanganise iziqinisekiso zokungena ku-akhawunti, amaphasiwedi, nenye idatha ebucayi. Ngale ndlela, abahlaseli bangakwazi ukulawula izinsiza eziningi ezisetshenziswa izisulu.
Umdlalo ubutholakala ku-Steam kusuka 6 ngoFebhuwari futhi yasuswa ngemva kokuhlala endaweni cishe cishe izinsuku ezine. phakathi 800 kanye 1.600 abadlali Bakwazile ukuyethula ngaphambi kokuhoxiswa kwayo, ngokwezibalo zika- I-SteamDB. Nakuba zingazange zibe khona izimo eziqinisekisiwe zokwebiwa kwe-akhawunti noma ulwazi, ubungozi kulabo abathintekile bukhulu.
I-valve idonsa umdlalo futhi ikhiphe isexwayiso
Ngemuva kokubona ubukhona be-malware, I-valve Waqhubeka wasusa ngokushesha I-PirateFi kusuka kuSteam futhi yathumela i-imeyili eyisixwayiso kubo bonke abasebenzisi ababeyifakile. Kulo myalezo, inkampani inxuse abadlali ukuthi yenza ukuskena okuphelele kusuka kusistimu yakho ngohlelo oluthembekile lwe-antivirus ukuze unqume ukuthi utheleleke yini.
Ukwengeza, i-Valve incoma ukuthi kucatshangelwe ukuthi kungenzeka yini faka kabusha uhlelo lokusebenza njengesinyathelo esidlulele sokuqinisekisa ukuthi noma imiphi iminonjana yohlelo olungayilungele ikhompuyutha ayisekho ngokuphelele. Uphinde weluleka ukuthi kubuyekezwe uhlu lwezinhlelo ezisanda kufakwa futhi kususwe noma yiziphi izinhlelo zokusebenza ezisolisayo.
Unjiniyela ongenakho inkundla yezokuxhumana
Eminye yemininingwane edonse ukunaka kakhulu kulesi simo ukuthi umthuthukisi womdlalo, I-Seaworth Interactive, ayinabo ubukhona obaziwayo ezinkundleni zokuxhumana noma kuwebhusayithi esebenzayo. Lokhu kukhiqizile ukuqagela kungakhathaliseki ukuthi isitudiyo esisemthethweni ngempela noma iqembu labaduni elikwazile ukudlula izihlungi zokuphepha ze-Steam.
Ngaphambi kokususwa, abanye abasebenzisi baqaphele ukuthi izinto zokuphromotha ze I-PirateFi kwahambisana nesinye isihloko esikhona sokusinda, esaphakama izinsolo ngobuqiniso bomdlalo. Kuphinde kwaba nemibiko yokuthi othile egameni lomdlalo ubethumela izikhangiso zemisebenzi kuTelegram, okwengeza ukungaqiniseki ngemvelaphi yawo.
Ungakugwema kanjani ukuba yisisulu se-malware ku-Steam
Lesi sigameko sikubeke kwacaca ukuthi, nakuba I-Steam Kuyinkundla ethenjwa kabanzi, ayikhululiwe kuyo izingozi. Ukuze ugweme izimo ezifanayo, kutuswa ukucabangela le mikhuba elandelayo:
- Qinisekisa ukuba semthethweni konjiniyela: Ngaphambi kokulanda umdlalo ongaziwa, hlola ukuthi isitudiyo sikhona yini ezinkundleni zokuxhumana noma kuwebhusayithi esemthethweni.
- Naka ukubuyekezwa: Uma igeyimu isolisa, abanye abasebenzisi bazoyisho esigabeni sezilinganiso.
- Buka izinto zokuphromotha: Uma izithombe noma amavidiyo kubonakala sengathi athathwe kwesinye isihloko, angeke kube umdlalo osemthethweni.
- Sebenzisa amathuluzi okuvikela: Gcina uhlelo olusha lokuvikela amagciwane futhi wenze ukuskena kwesistimu ngezikhathi ezithile.
Amacala afana nalawa I-PirateFi Bakhombisa ukuthi kubalulekile ukuhlala uqaphile futhi ukuthatha izinyathelo zokuphepha ngaphambi kokufaka noma yikuphi okuqukethwe, ngisho nasezinkundleni ezaziwa kakhulu njenge I-Steam. Nakuba i-Valve isheshe yasusa igeyimu, iqiniso lokuthi ikwazile ukufinyelela kubasebenzisi nhlobo ligqamisa isidingo sezinyathelo ezithuthukisiwe zokuphepha nokuqinisekisa esitolo sedijithali.
Umbhali oshisekayo ngomhlaba wamabhayithi nobuchwepheshe ngokujwayelekile. Ngiyathanda ukwabelana ngolwazi lwami ngokubhala, futhi yilokho engizokwenza kule bhulogi, ngikubonise zonke izinto ezithakazelisayo kakhulu ngamagajethi, isofthiwe, ihadiwe, izitayela zobuchwepheshe, nokuningi. Inhloso yami ukukusiza ukuthi uzulazule emhlabeni wedijithali ngendlela elula nejabulisayo.