Backdoor For Malware Discovered In Some Ubisoft Games [Updates]

Exploitable code has been discovered in a browser-plugin installed by some Ubisoft games as part of the Uplay service. The exploit allows malicious websites to remotely install software on a compromised PC without the user’s knowledge.

The exploit is accomplished by tricking the Uplay browser plugin into thinking that a given link contains legitimate Uplay code. [...]

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