With Minecraft being one of the most popular games in the world — and being one of the most modded games in the world — it's not uncommon for hackers to try and use mods for Xbox and Mojang Studios' sandbox survival game as an attack vector. At the moment, though, there's an especially dangerous piece of malware going around that anyone who mods Minecraft (or knows someone that does) needs to know about.
I'm referring to "WeedHack," a piece of malicious software discovered by McAfee researchers that's been distributed to attackers through a Malware-as-a-Service (MaaS) campaign. It's been active since January, and unlike most hacking tools that often cost hundreds of dollars, WeedHack is extremely cheap — making it uniquely dangerous.
