50,000 Minecraft Players Fell Victim to Rogue Skins That Would Reformat Hard Drives, Delete System Files [How to Fix]https://wccftech.com/minecraft-hosted-malicious-skins<< Nearly 50,000 Minecraft accounts have been infected with malware that was designed to reformat hard drives and delete backup data and system files. The malware was being distributed via Minecraft skins created in PNG format. Since these modified skins for avatars were uploaded to the official Minecraft site, it was difficult for a player to know if they were actually malicious programs.
The security issue was first reported by Avast Threat Labs when the team discovered user-created Minecraft character skins carrying malware. The team was concerned over how the criminals managed to get these malicious skins on the official Minecraft website. Avast had said that they were working with Mojang, the creators of Minecraft, to work out a way that could detect these legitimately uploaded but malware-carrying skins. >>
