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I believe you. But all the stuff about flash, including the WoW forum post is dated may 2008, so I don't see how it is relevant to any recent hack.
Also: If your WoW account gets hacked, congratulations. You have a security flaw. Somehow, the gold farmers got ahold of your login info. This can happen in a frighteningly massive number of ways, but the vulnerability lies on the user's end.
Not that this even remotely excuses the actual culprits (the gold farmers/sellers), who're nothing less than the lowliest scum of the online gaming world. But if I were you, I'd run malware scans, check to see what websites you visited recently, and what emails/in-game whispers from random strangers claiming to be "Blizzard" that you followed.
Also, if you like your WoW account, get an authenticator. Seriously.
Not that this even remotely excuses the actual culprits (the gold farmers/sellers), who're nothing less than the lowliest scum of the online gaming world. But if I were you, I'd run malware scans, check to see what websites you visited recently, and what emails/in-game whispers from random strangers claiming to be "Blizzard" that you followed.
Also, if you like your WoW account, get an authenticator. Seriously.
@sleepingagain:
The Blizzard Authenticator is sold at-cost, and they make no profit from it.
On the other hand, the logistics of ensuring that all 10+ million accounts have one, should your proposal be adopted, would be hellish. They aren't about to distribute them for free.
Given how *insane* this problem is, I can only imagine that they're trying to come up with better ways to protect accounts, but right now the authenticator is about 99% failsafe. The biggest problem is people unwilling to purchase it (for what amounts to pocket change).
The Blizzard Authenticator is sold at-cost, and they make no profit from it.
On the other hand, the logistics of ensuring that all 10+ million accounts have one, should your proposal be adopted, would be hellish. They aren't about to distribute them for free.
Given how *insane* this problem is, I can only imagine that they're trying to come up with better ways to protect accounts, but right now the authenticator is about 99% failsafe. The biggest problem is people unwilling to purchase it (for what amounts to pocket change).
The problem with the authenticator is that it is a poor bandaid. Sure, you've been hit with a keylogger you can keep your WoW account safe. But your computer is still compromised. It's just that you have a false sense of security to go along with it.
nice.
there had been some flash vulnerability issues in the last weeks.....
hope adobe gets their ass on it. Macromedia never had such problems.
there had been some flash vulnerability issues in the last weeks.....
hope adobe gets their ass on it. Macromedia never had such problems.
@bickle
You're quite correct--it protects the WoW account, but not the rest of the PC.
However, that's also the point at which it ceases to be Blizzard's problem. It's no less disgusting that this happens, of course, and people shouldn't *have* to be this paranoid in order to simply play a game. A side effect of WoW's popularity, though, is that accounts/virtual property within have real-world market value.
That's a whole problem in and of itself. I don't think there are any substantial laws that cover virtual property theft. Should there be? Would they even hold water in China (where most of these operations are based)? I guess that's another debate.
You're quite correct--it protects the WoW account, but not the rest of the PC.
However, that's also the point at which it ceases to be Blizzard's problem. It's no less disgusting that this happens, of course, and people shouldn't *have* to be this paranoid in order to simply play a game. A side effect of WoW's popularity, though, is that accounts/virtual property within have real-world market value.
That's a whole problem in and of itself. I don't think there are any substantial laws that cover virtual property theft. Should there be? Would they even hold water in China (where most of these operations are based)? I guess that's another debate.
This may be old but there are a LOT of WoW accounts getting hacked lately. My guild leader was hacked not 3 weeks ago. I would normally lol@people, it seems its NOT just Gold buyers getting hacked but rather in vulnerabilities with Blizzard's infrastructure, are to blame.
The problem is SO rampant, that they started selling these Authenticators at-cost and eliminated shipping fees. They've even hinted at making Authenticators required for Cataclysm expansion. THAT says something to me. You'd imagine your account would be safest in the developer's care. Not so, it seems. I'll get one eventually, I just hate that its become nothing short of a requirement nowadays and that my $15/Month isn't enough to cover the cost of one of the devices.
I guess I should log on to my account tonight to see if I'm still intact. Haven't played in about a month(too many good console games to catch up on, plus Mass Effect 1&2 FTW!).
The problem is SO rampant, that they started selling these Authenticators at-cost and eliminated shipping fees. They've even hinted at making Authenticators required for Cataclysm expansion. THAT says something to me. You'd imagine your account would be safest in the developer's care. Not so, it seems. I'll get one eventually, I just hate that its become nothing short of a requirement nowadays and that my $15/Month isn't enough to cover the cost of one of the devices.
I guess I should log on to my account tonight to see if I'm still intact. Haven't played in about a month(too many good console games to catch up on, plus Mass Effect 1&2 FTW!).
Sorry guys, i should have noted it was an older post about issues they've had with Adobe Flash.
Also, Little Mac rocks my world.
Also, Little Mac rocks my world.
amazing, the ps3 gets hacked by a true genius but the dtoid editors are scared to post that story.
what's the matter? afraid sony will pull funding and review copies if you post the best story of the year?
pick up your balls and load that cannon.
what's the matter? afraid sony will pull funding and review copies if you post the best story of the year?
pick up your balls and load that cannon.
Adobe has a long history of leaving security vulnerabilities on PCs via Flash and PDF readers.
I have a Blizzard Authenticator, and I only wish I could get one for my credit cards, bank accounts, etc. Two factor security is awesome.
I have a Blizzard Authenticator, and I only wish I could get one for my credit cards, bank accounts, etc. Two factor security is awesome.
I mock because I love, Matt.
Given how much time people put into their WoW accounts, reminders of how easily that effort can be spoiled are always good thing. Hopefully you'll get a few more people to lock up their stuff with authenticators.
Given how much time people put into their WoW accounts, reminders of how easily that effort can be spoiled are always good thing. Hopefully you'll get a few more people to lock up their stuff with authenticators.
Hey, I ain't no troll. I'm just too lazy to put an avatar up. >_>
It's probably good that articles like this be posted, whether or not they concern old issues. The theft of WoW accounts is still just rampant in that game. Regardless of your opinion of WoW itself, I don't imagine too many would disagree that it sucks to have some asshole steal your game progress because they can sell it.
It's probably good that articles like this be posted, whether or not they concern old issues. The theft of WoW accounts is still just rampant in that game. Regardless of your opinion of WoW itself, I don't imagine too many would disagree that it sucks to have some asshole steal your game progress because they can sell it.
The only reason that there are such a large number of people getting hacked is because the number of people playing are proportionally increased and tons of them don't know how to manage their accounts. In other words, the percentage of accounts hacked is proportional to other MMOs.
You don't need an authenticator, you just need to stop being careless with your usernames and passwords.
You don't need an authenticator, you just need to stop being careless with your usernames and passwords.
@loki d20
Regrettably, it's not quite that simple. There's an incredibly lucrative industry in the trading of WoW gold/accounts--that part is true, directly due to the game's size and popularity, and no other MMO can currently quite match just how lucrative it is.
However, it's not just people being careless with their passwords and such--if that were the case, it'd not be nearly so big a problem, as that kind of direct scam is usually easy to spot. No, the people that orchestrate these account thefts have entire rackets of false websites meant to imitate the Battle.net login, giant mailing lists of email addresses to send falsified emails disguised to look like they're from Blizzard reps (with things like "it has come to our attention that your account is in violation of such and such policy, please go to this site to verify"), and in-game ads for account and gold sales that lead to sites that plant keyloggers on the PCs of anyone who visits.
These, too, are things that could be avoided with a little bit of savviness. Unfortunately, the vast majority of players (who remain generally casual) don't stop to consider this sort of thing even exists, and as a result are the ones who end up getting hacked.
Regrettably, it's not quite that simple. There's an incredibly lucrative industry in the trading of WoW gold/accounts--that part is true, directly due to the game's size and popularity, and no other MMO can currently quite match just how lucrative it is.
However, it's not just people being careless with their passwords and such--if that were the case, it'd not be nearly so big a problem, as that kind of direct scam is usually easy to spot. No, the people that orchestrate these account thefts have entire rackets of false websites meant to imitate the Battle.net login, giant mailing lists of email addresses to send falsified emails disguised to look like they're from Blizzard reps (with things like "it has come to our attention that your account is in violation of such and such policy, please go to this site to verify"), and in-game ads for account and gold sales that lead to sites that plant keyloggers on the PCs of anyone who visits.
These, too, are things that could be avoided with a little bit of savviness. Unfortunately, the vast majority of players (who remain generally casual) don't stop to consider this sort of thing even exists, and as a result are the ones who end up getting hacked.
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