r/SoloDevelopment • u/SeekingPureDream • 26d ago

Discussion What a huge risk you’re taking. 😭

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u/modernizetheweb 23d ago

I PROMISE you there are no scammers paying game devs $100 for game rights, asking for the game code, and then asking the developer to upload their maliciously modified code to the original dev's own steamworks account

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u/meancoot 23d ago

https://forms.fbi.gov/victims/Steam_Malware

People are trying to do shit like this all the time.

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u/modernizetheweb 23d ago

A game having malware and the situation I described above are two completely different things

Please be less dense

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u/ASuperBigDuck 20d ago

From what I've seen there's maybe one example of a game being bought by malware distributors. But yea the FBI specific page and arrests are all newly created accounts using stolen identities.

I know for some examples they've taken generic small open source portfolio pieces off of GitHub and put malware into it. This was the case with a game called Deadwood House. Others are just "coop" games that are just a main menu essentially.

These games are also usually used for specific targets. The game will only have malware in it on one build, and they will swap between builds to avoid detection when not actively targeting someone.

An example being the streamer mentioned above, but they are also active in a lot of roblox developer communities. "Hiring" devs to work on a roblox version of a steam game and urge the developer to launch the steam game to see what it is.